[Feature Request] Kmonad API for programmatic layer switching

[reidprichard]

Another excellent keymap utility, Kanata, exposes a TCP server that allows the user to set the active layer by sending a JSON message of the form: {"ChangeLayer":{"new":"new-layer-name"}}.

This opens a world of possibilities by allowing external daemons to dynamically change the active layer. This enables things like application-specific keybinds (see 1, 2, 3) without burdening kmonad devs. I've bounced back and forth between Kmonad and Kanata but ultimately the application-specific binds were the deciding factor.

Would implementing some sort of API be possible?