Update: Don't use these slow and complicated scripts. Try this simple Hammerspoon script instead.

Active App Memory JXA

Do you use keyboard shortcuts to open applications?

If the answer is yes, these scripts might interest you.

I use BetterTouchTool to open applications via keyboard shortcuts. Sometimes, I want to open different applications depending on what I'm working on.

I wrote these scripts to dynamically designate which application I want to open using a keyboard shortcut.

There are two scripts:

index.js: a JXA (JavaScript for Automation) script to store the currently running application's path
open-app.sh: a bash script to launch the saved application

The init.sh script creates a hidden directory to store the application's path that I want to open via a shortcut.

./scripts/init.sh
npm install

node $PROJECT_HOME/active-app-memory/index.js

$HOME/projects/active-app-memory-jxa/scripts/open-app.sh

If you run these scripts using keyboard shortcuts, you can open a dynamically selected application with a keyboard shortcut.

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