Help with matching focused window title on emacs

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Hi guys

i cant seem to get the matching focused window title when using emacs
I have this macro group defined

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i use the KM macro to get window title:

name: %FrontWindowName%

which gives me this

*elfeed-search*

then i define this macro

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but no matter what i do i cant get it to work. the 'v' key dosent register in emacs (when in the elfeed-search buffer).

if i just use the available in the emacs application it does work

any clue?

best

Z

2

Hey Z,

I think you're out-of-luck.

Emacs uses a single window for its UI, and when the buffer changes the window title changes.

Unfortunately Emacs is (probably) not posting a window changed event to the macOS for Keyboard Maestro to see.

So – I'm pretty sure you can't do what you want to do.

-Chris