From d4a21a826114bb0ee0b460db78bd3f305e7b04f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kj_sh604
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 09:20:30 -0400
Subject: refactor: abandon learning super key for whiskermenu

make a toggle instead
---
 .config/autostart/xcape.desktop                    |  13 ---
 .../xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml                   |   3 +-
 .local/bin/toggle-whiskermenu-shift-space          | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .config/autostart/xcape.desktop
 create mode 100755 .local/bin/toggle-whiskermenu-shift-space

diff --git a/.config/autostart/xcape.desktop b/.config/autostart/xcape.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index 68a0d70..0000000
--- a/.config/autostart/xcape.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
-Version=0.9.4
-Type=Application
-Name="xcape -e" for whiskermenu
-Comment=Super Key Toggle for Whiskermenu
-Exec=xcape -e 'Super_L=Control_L|Escape'
-OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
-RunHook=0
-StartupNotify=false
-Terminal=false
-Hidden=false
-
diff --git a/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml b/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
index e63f0db..b3f8146 100644
--- a/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
+++ b/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
       <property name="&lt;Super&gt;c" type="string" value="amdgpu-toggle-tearfree-x11"/>
       <property name="&lt;Alt&gt;&lt;Super&gt;c" type="string" value="toggle-xfwm4-compositor"/>
       <property name="&lt;Super&gt;n" type="string" value="xfconf-query -c xfce4-notifyd -p /do-not-disturb -T"/>
-      <property name="&lt;Primary&gt;Escape" type="string" value="xfce4-popup-whiskermenu"/>
+      <property name="&lt;Super&gt;w" type="string" value="toggle-whiskermenu-shift-space"/>
+      <property name="&lt;Shift&gt;space" type="string" value="xfce4-popup-whiskermenu"/>
     </property>
   </property>
   <property name="xfwm4" type="empty">
diff --git a/.local/bin/toggle-whiskermenu-shift-space b/.local/bin/toggle-whiskermenu-shift-space
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..64cbfae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/toggle-whiskermenu-shift-space
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+CHANNEL="xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts"
+PROPERTY="/commands/custom/<Shift>space"
+DEFAULT_COMMAND="xfce4-popup-whiskermenu"
+NOTIFY_TITLE="xfce4-popup-whiskermenu"
+
+STATE_BASE="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}"
+STATE_DIR="$STATE_BASE/xfce-shortcuts"
+STATE_FILE="$STATE_DIR/shift-space-command"
+
+usage() {
+    printf 'usage: %s [toggle|on|off|status]\n' "$0"
+}
+
+notify() {
+    if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        notify-send "$NOTIFY_TITLE" "$1" -t 2500
+    else
+        printf '%s: %s\n' "$NOTIFY_TITLE" "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+die() {
+    printf 'error: %s\n' "$1" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+shortcut_exists() {
+    xfconf-query -c "$CHANNEL" -p "$PROPERTY" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+shortcut_value() {
+    xfconf-query -c "$CHANNEL" -p "$PROPERTY" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+save_current_shortcut() {
+    current_value=$(shortcut_value)
+    [ -n "$current_value" ] || return 0
+
+    mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR" || die "failed to create state directory: $STATE_DIR"
+    printf '%s\n' "$current_value" > "$STATE_FILE" || die "failed to write state file: $STATE_FILE"
+}
+
+restore_command() {
+    if [ -r "$STATE_FILE" ]; then
+        read_saved=""
+        IFS= read -r read_saved < "$STATE_FILE" || true
+        [ -n "$read_saved" ] && {
+            printf '%s\n' "$read_saved"
+            return 0
+        }
+    fi
+
+    printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_COMMAND"
+}
+
+disable_shortcut() {
+    if ! shortcut_exists; then
+        notify "shift+space is already disabled."
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    save_current_shortcut
+
+    xfconf-query -c "$CHANNEL" -p "$PROPERTY" -r \
+        || die "failed to remove $PROPERTY"
+
+    notify "shift+space disabled"
+}
+
+enable_shortcut() {
+    if shortcut_exists; then
+        current_value=$(shortcut_value)
+        notify "shift+space is already enabled: $current_value"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    restore_value=$(restore_command)
+
+    xfconf-query -c "$CHANNEL" -p "$PROPERTY" -n -t string -s "$restore_value" \
+        || die "failed to restore $PROPERTY"
+
+    rm -f "$STATE_FILE"
+    notify "shift+space enabled"
+}
+
+status_shortcut() {
+    if shortcut_exists; then
+        current_value=$(shortcut_value)
+        printf 'enabled: %s -> %s\n' "$PROPERTY" "$current_value"
+    else
+        printf 'disabled: %s\n' "$PROPERTY"
+    fi
+}
+
+command -v xfconf-query >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    || die "xfconf-query not found"
+
+action=${1:-toggle}
+
+case "$action" in
+    toggle)
+        if shortcut_exists; then
+            disable_shortcut
+        else
+            enable_shortcut
+        fi
+        ;;
+    on)
+        enable_shortcut
+        ;;
+    off)
+        disable_shortcut
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status_shortcut
+        ;;
+    -h|--help|help)
+        usage
+        ;;
+    *)
+        usage >&2
+        exit 2
+        ;;
+esac
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