Karabiner Elements: How to bind "right_command + e" to open Emacs?
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I've been trying to use Karabiner Elements to bind the "right_command + e" combination to open Emacs on my macOS. Here's the configuration snippet I originally used to bind the "left_command + e" combination:
Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Could you provide guidance on how to bind "right_command + e" to open Emacs using Karabiner Elements?
{
"description": "left_command + e -> Emacs",
"manipulators": [
{
"from": {
"key_code": "e",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_command"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"shell_command": "open -a emacs"
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
]
}
I attempted to modify the configuration based on a suggestion to simply change "left_command" to "right_command", like so:
{
"description": "right_command + e -> Emacs",
"manipulators": [
{
"from": {
"key_code": "e",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"right_command"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"shell_command": "open -a emacs"
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
]
}
However, this modification didn't work as expected. Emacs is not being launched when I press right command
and e
.
This is my whole config file for Karabiner elements. Also, I am using an American keyboard with Brazilian Portuguese input - if it matters. As a fellow user requested, this is my keyboard, a keychron k2. Note that I swapped the keys on the hardware to match my karabiner config.

Asked by Pedro Delfino
(325 rep)
Oct 26, 2023, 01:15 AM
Last activity: Oct 30, 2023, 05:36 PM
Last activity: Oct 30, 2023, 05:36 PM