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authorkoekeishiya <aasvi93@hotmail.com>2019-03-07 22:48:36 +0100
committerkoekeishiya <aasvi93@hotmail.com>2019-03-07 22:48:36 +0100
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(although rewritten from scratch), that sacrifices the more advanced features in favour of increased responsiveness and performance.
**skhd** is able to hotload its config file, meaning that hotkeys can be edited and updated live while **skhd** is running.
+**skhd** uses a pid-file to make sure that only one instance is running at any moment in time. This also allows for the ability to trigger
+a manual reload of the config file by invoking `skhd --reload` at any time while an instance of **skhd** is running. The pid-file is saved
+as `/tmp/skhd.pid` and so the user that is running **skhd** must have write permission to said path.
+
feature comparison between **skhd** and **khd**
| feature | skhd | khd |