dotfiles/scripts/keybindings.lua

#!/usr/bin/env lua
-- Entries contain three strings: 1 - name, 2 - shell command, and 3 - keybinding.
local entries = {
	{
		"Toggle terminal transparency",
		"${HOME}/scripts/toggle-term-transparency.sh",
		"<Primary>dead_acute",
	},
	{ "Toggle bg", "${HOME}/scripts/switch-bg.sh t", "<Primary>ccedilla" },
}
local addQuotes = function(str)
	return '"' .. str .. '"'
end
local makeBinding = function(str)
	return "\"['" .. str .. "']\""
end
-- create and set custom_list. Gsettings needs this in order to create bindings before they can be modified.
local custom_list = '"['
for i, _ in pairs(entries) do
	custom_list = custom_list .. "'custom" .. (i - 1) .. "',"
end
-- remove last comma, close bracket etc
custom_list = custom_list:sub(1, custom_list:len() - 1) .. ']"'
os.execute("gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings custom-list " .. custom_list)
-- set bindings
local gset = function(index, name, command, binding)
	local cmd = "gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom"
		.. index
		.. "/ name "
		.. addQuotes(name)
	os.execute(cmd)
	cmd = "gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom"
		.. index
		.. "/ command "
		.. addQuotes(command)
	os.execute(cmd)
	cmd = "gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom"
		.. index
		.. "/ binding "
		.. makeBinding(binding)
	os.execute(cmd)
end
for i, entry in pairs(entries) do
	gset(i - 1, entry[1], entry[2], entry[3])
end
print("REMEMBER: Cinnamon has to be restarted (ctrl+alt+esc) before these changes will take effect!")