Emacs Kanata KBD Mode

Major mode for editing Kanata .kbd configuration files in Emacs.

Features

• Syntax highlighting for Kanata directives, keywords, actions, and keys.
• Basic indentation for .kbd files.
• Commenting and uncommenting lines or regions with M-;.
• Align keys within a deflayer block using kanata-kbd-align-deflayer (C-c C-a).

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Installation

1. Place kanata-kbd-mode.el in your Emacs load-path.
2. Add the following to your init.el or .emacs file:

(load-file "/path/to/your/kanata-kbd-mode.el")

Or using use-package:

(use-package kanata-kbd-mode
  :load-path "/path/to/your/kanata-kbd-mode"
  :mode ("\\.kbd\\'" . kanata-kbd-mode))

What is Kanata?

Kanata is a versatile software keyboard remapper that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. For more information, see the official Kanata repository.

👥 Authors

Chmouel Boudjnah

• 🐘 Fediverse: @chmouel@chmouel.com (preferred)
• 🐦 Twitter: @chmouel
• 📝 Blog: https://blog.chmouel.com

📃 License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0.