OS X Lion - cmd+esc as global key

[Remy Sharp]

Hi - absolutely love iterm2.

I was using it using the global hotkey of cmd+esc in Snow Leopard just
fine (after I kicked front row out of the picture) but now on a new
Lion machine, I can't even set the cmd+esc shortcut.

I'm hoping this is just a bug and not some system level thing that you
can't do anymore?

Cheers,

- Remy Sharp

[Eddie Cianci]

Hi Remy,

cmd + esc is the keybinding that i use (to toggle the Visor-style
console mode), and I'm on 10.7 / Lion.

(If it helps, I had Snow Leopard w/ iTerm2 build 720, which is when I
set cmd + esc as my global hotkey. Then I upgraded to Lion on launch
day. This morning I upgraded to iTerm2 build 727.)

[Remy Sharp]

Yeah, on my old laptop - I upgraded to Lion and the key binding remained.

But if you remove that binding and try to add it back in - you can't (or if like me install on a fresh Lion machine).

By the way - if you use cmd+esc already - I strongly suggest you don't remove the binding because you can't get it back! Or at least I'm hoping the smart folk behind iterm2 can fix it :)

[George Nachman]

It looks like in Lion, the OS swallows up Cmd-Esc before it gets to the application. It works as a hotkey because we register to receive a specific hotkey, and apparently that takes precedence over whatever the OS is doing.

[Xian]

Anyone figured out how to use the cmd+esc work on a vanilla Lion?

[Remy Sharp]

So I figured out a hack to get cmd+esc working again in Lion for
iTerm2.

Uploaded a screencast, but it boils down to open your
com.googlecode.iterm2.plist and change:

- HotkeyChar = 27
- HotkeyCode = 53

Screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whsm5Som9gM

All is well again in Stupid OS X Lion Land.

- Remy


On Aug 6, 11:03 pm, Xian <xia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone figured out how to use thecmd+escwork on a vanilla Lion?

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> On Jul 31, 10:27 pm, George Nachman <gnach...@llamas.org> wrote:
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> > It looks like in Lion, the OS swallows upCmd-Escbefore it gets to the

> > application. It works as a hotkey because we register to receive a specific
> > hotkey, and apparently that takes precedence over whatever the OS is doing.
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> > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Remy Sharp <r...@leftlogic.com> wrote:
> > > Yeah, on my old laptop - I upgraded to Lion and the key binding remained.
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> > > But if you remove that binding and try to add it back in - you can't (or if
> > > like me install on a fresh Lion machine).
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> > > By the way - if you usecmd+escalready - I strongly suggest you don't

> > > remove the binding because you can't get it back!  Or at least I'm hoping
> > > the smart folk behind iterm2 can fix it :)
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> > > On 31 Jul 2011, at 14:14, Eddie Cianci wrote:
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> > > > Hi Remy,
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> > > >cmd+escis the keybinding that i use (to toggle the Visor-style

> > > > console mode), and I'm on 10.7 / Lion.
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> > > > (If it helps, I had Snow Leopard w/ iTerm2 build 720, which is when I

> > > > setcmd+escas my global hotkey. Then I upgraded to Lion on launch

> > > > day. This morning I upgraded to iTerm2 build 727.)
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> > > > On Jul 30, 7:57 pm, Remy Sharp <remysh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Hi - absolutely love iterm2.
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> > > >> I was using it using the global hotkey ofcmd+escin Snow Leopard just

[Yesudeep Mangalapilly]

Remy,

I have a slight problem with the screencast Remy posted.

After setting the HotkeyChar to 27
and HotkeyCode to 53, I can use Control-Escape, but not
Command-Escape. How do I get it to use Command-Escape
instead?

Thank you for putting up an awesome screencast yet again.

Cheers.
Yesudeep.

[Yesudeep Mangalapilly]

Hi Remy,

Nevermind about that. I figured it out.

These are the actual settings required:

HotkeyChar = 27
HotkeyCode = 53
Hotkey = YES
HotkeyModifiers = 1048840

The problem was my initial hotkey used the ^ modifier.
So I had to change the initial hotkey to say Command+=
and then set the hotkeychar and hotkeycode configuration values.

Cheers!