minor usage formatting
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John Gebbie
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## Keyboard Layouts
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dotool will produce gobbledygook if your environment has assigned it a
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different keyboard layout than it's simulating keycodes for. You can
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match them up with the environment variables `DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT` and
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`DOTOOL_XKB_VARIANT`.
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dotool will type gobbledygook if your environment has assigned it a different
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keyboard layout than it's simulating keycodes for. You can match them up
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with the environment variables `DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT` and `DOTOOL_XKB_VARIANT`.
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echo type azerty | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=fr dotool
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60
dotool.go
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dotool.go
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fmt.Println(`dotool reads commands from stdin and simulates keyboard and pointer events.
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The commands are:
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key CHORD...
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keydown CHORD...
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keyup CHORD...
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type TEXT
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click left/middle/right
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buttondown left/middle/right
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buttonup left/middle/right
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wheel AMOUNT (a positive AMOUNT is up, a negative is down)
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hwheel AMOUNT (a positive AMOUNT is right, a negative is left)
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mouseto X Y (where X and Y are percentages between 0.0 and 1.0)
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mousemove X Y (where X and Y are the number of pixels to move)
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keydelay MILLISECONDS (default: 2)
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keyhold MILLISECONDS (default: 8)
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typedelay MILLISECONDS (default: 2)
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typehold MILLISECONDS (default: 8)
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key CHORD...
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keydown CHORD...
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keyup CHORD...
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type TEXT
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click left/middle/right
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buttondown left/middle/right
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buttonup left/middle/right
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wheel AMOUNT (a positive AMOUNT is up, a negative is down)
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hwheel AMOUNT (a positive AMOUNT is right, a negative is left)
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mouseto X Y (where X and Y are percentages between 0.0 and 1.0)
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mousemove X Y (where X and Y are the number of pixels to move)
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keydelay MILLISECONDS (default: 2)
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keyhold MILLISECONDS (default: 8)
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typedelay MILLISECONDS (default: 2)
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typehold MILLISECONDS (default: 8)
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dotool is installed with a udev rule to allow users in group input to run
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@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ it without root permissions.
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You can add yourself to group input by running:
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sudo groupadd -f input
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sudo usermod -a -G input $USER
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sudo groupadd -f input
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sudo usermod -a -G input $USER
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It's foolproof to reboot to make the rule effective.
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@ -55,37 +55,35 @@ uppercase character keys also simulate shift.
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The modifiers are: super, ctrl, alt and shift.
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echo key shift+1 x:exclam shift+k:2 | dotool
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echo key shift+1 x:exclam shift+k:2 | dotool
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There is an initial delay registering the virtual devices, but you can keep
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writing commands to the same instance or use the daemon and client, dotoold
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and dotoolc.
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{ echo keydown A; sleep 3; echo key H shift+1; } | dotool
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{ echo keydown A; sleep 3; echo key H shift+1; } | dotool
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dotoold &
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echo type super | dotoolc
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echo type speedy | dotoolc
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dotoold &
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echo type super | dotoolc
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echo type speedy | dotoolc
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dotool will produce gobbledygook if your environment has assigned it a
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different keyboard layout than it's simulating keycodes for. You can
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match them up with the environment variables DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT and
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DOTOOL_XKB_VARIANT.
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dotool will type gobbledygook if your environment has assigned it a different
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keyboard layout than it's simulating keycodes for. You can match them up
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with the environment variables DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT and DOTOOL_XKB_VARIANT.
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echo type azerty | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=fr dotool
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echo type azerty | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=fr dotool
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--list-keys
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Print the possible Linux keys and exit.
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Print the possible Linux keys and exit.
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--list-x-keys
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Print the possible XKB keys and exit.
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Print the possible XKB keys and exit.
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--version
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Print the version and exit.
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`)
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Print the version and exit.`)
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}
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func fatal(a ...any) {
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7
dotoolc
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dotoolc
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#!/bin/sh
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if [ $# != 0 ]; then
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echo 'dotoolc writes its stdin to the pipe being read by dotoold.
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dotoolc will exit immediately if the pipe is not being read.
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The path of the pipe is $DOTOOL_PIPE else /tmp/dotool-pipe.
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' >&2
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echo 'dotoolc writes its stdin to the pipe being read by dotoold. dotoolc will
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exit immediately if the pipe is not being read. The path of the pipe
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is $DOTOOL_PIPE else /tmp/dotool-pipe.' >&2
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[ "$1" = -h ] || [ "$1" = --help ]; exit
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fi
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7
dotoold
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dotoold
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#!/bin/sh
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if [ $# != 0 ]; then
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echo 'dotoold runs dotool reading from a pipe for dotoolc to write to.
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dotoold will exit immediately if the pipe is already being read.
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The path used for the pipe is $DOTOOL_PIPE else /tmp/dotool-pipe.
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' >&2
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echo 'dotoold runs dotool reading from a pipe for dotoolc to write to. dotoold
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will exit immediately if the pipe is already being read. The path used
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for the pipe is $DOTOOL_PIPE else /tmp/dotool-pipe.' >&2
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[ "$1" = -h ] || [ "$1" = --help ]; exit
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fi
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