Adding Hooks¶

Hooks help enforce some behavior while minimizing repetition. Here is an example:

Hooked

e "Emacs" ^before %{{switch-to-workspace 1}}
{
    o "Open" %{{emacs}}
    r "Roam" %{{emacs ~/Documents/roam/20240101080032-startpage.org}}
    s "Scratch" +unhook %{{emacs --eval "(scratch-buffer)"}}
}

Unhooked

e "Emacs"
{
    o "Open" %{{switch-to-workspace 1; emacs}}
    r "Roam" %{{switch-to-workspace 1; emacs ~/Documents/roam/20240101080032-startpage.org}}
    s "Scratch" %{{emacs --eval "(scratch-buffer)"}}
}

In this example, we use hooks to ensure the “Emacs” key chords take place on a specific workspace. Some key chords are workspace agnostic. For these you can use the +unhook flag, and the key chord will work as normal.

Notice that this policy is enforced by wk and not by a rule configured in your desktop environment or window manager. No messing with window titles, class names, or other non-obvious attributes. Let wk switch to the appropriate workspace when it should.