Kanata layer observer

Observes kanata layer changes and triggers the script specified in the TOML config

This is just so i can have a simple service to reflect my current kanata layout in my sketchybar

Installation via brew

brew tap kainoa-h/tap
brew install kanata-layer-observer

TOML config

The service reads the TOML config from ~/.config/kanata-observer/config.toml

If the config doesn't exist, it will be created automatically with default values on first run.

Example config:

# Port that kanata's TCP server is listening on
port = 1012

# Path to the script to execute on layer change
# The layer name will be passed as the first argument
script_path = "~/.config/kanata-observer/layer_change.sh"

# Log level: "info", "debug", or "trace"
log_level = "info"

Kanata setup

Just set the tcp port in the kanata cli args:

sudo kanata --port 1012 ...

Running as a service

With Homebrew

# Start the service
brew services start kanata-layer-observer

# View logs
tail -f $(brew --prefix)/var/log/kanata-layer-observer.log

CLI options

# Use default config location
kanata_layer_observer

# Use custom config file
kanata_layer_observer --config /path/to/config.toml

# Override config values
kanata_layer_observer --port 1012 --debug