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feat: Add hints to navigate the windows vim style #6140

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packaging: make hints installer and setup more robust
azzenabidi Jun 25, 2026
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34 changes: 34 additions & 0 deletions install/packaging/hints.sh
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
# install hints
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tmp_installer="$(mktemp)"
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlfredoSequeida/hints/main/install.sh -o "$tmp_installer"
bash "$tmp_installer"
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rm -f "$tmp_installer"
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# setup hints
hints_cmd="$(command -v hints || true)"
if [[ -n "$hints_cmd" ]]; then
sudo env XDG_SESSION_TYPE="${XDG_SESSION_TYPE-}" XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP-}" "$hints_cmd" --setup
else
echo "hints not found in PATH; skipping setup" >&2
fi
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# Add Hyprland bindings (Omarchy uses Lua config modules under ~/.config/hypr/*.lua)
for bindings_file in "$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/config/hypr/bindings.lua" "$HOME/.config/hypr/bindings.lua"; do
[[ -f $bindings_file ]] || continue

if ! grep -qxF '-- Hints (vimium-style window navigation)' "$bindings_file"; then
echo "" >>"$bindings_file"
echo "-- Hints (vimium-style window navigation)" >>"$bindings_file"
fi

if ! grep -qxF 'o.bind("SUPER + I", "Hints", { launch = "hints" })' "$bindings_file"; then
echo 'o.bind("SUPER + I", "Hints", { launch = "hints" })' >>"$bindings_file"
fi

if ! grep -qxF 'o.bind("SUPER + Y", "Hints scroll", { launch = "hints --mode scroll" })' "$bindings_file"; then
echo 'o.bind("SUPER + Y", "Hints scroll", { launch = "hints --mode scroll" })' >>"$bindings_file"
fi
done