FYI: dotool

[johngebbie]

Hi, you might like dotool, which is a uinput tool like ydotool but doesn't require root or a daemon and can use key names instead of key codes.

[firecat53]

Very nice! I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip! Mar 16, 2023 06:13:10 JohnGebbie ***@***.***>:

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Hi, you might like dotool[https://git.sr.ht/~geb/dotool], which is a uinput tool like ydotool but doesn't require root or a daemon and can use key names instead of key codes. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub[#143], or unsubscribe[https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEKWMJ37UWBGJ6FIU4Y4GLW4MGWJANCNFSM6AAAAAAV5GHSMY]. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.[Tracking image][https://github.com/notifications/beacon/AAEKWMOXRO33S7D6OTJZDFLW4MGWJA5CNFSM6AAAAAAV5GHSM2WGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNFJFZXG5LFVJRW63LNMVXHIX3JMTHGCAHL6M.gif]

[vaygr]

Excellent minimalist tool, thank you @johngebbie!

[johngebbie]

Glad you like it :) I just pushed support to simulate keycodes for different keyboard layouts yesterday.

[vaygr]

@johngebbie while we're at it, I was wondering if it'd be possible to add typing simulation for unicode characters and sequences (like emojis) or this is something that can be solved only via X primitives (like xtest extension).

[johngebbie]

No I'm afraid, dotool/uinput can only simulate keycodes so there's not much hope for that as far as I know.

[firecat53]

I've added support for dotool. If you could test the development branch I'd appreciate it! Definitely doesn't work well with special characters. Thanks!