include udev rule and add uninstall.sh

80-dotool.rules

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This allows users in group input to use dotool without root permissions.
+KERNEL=="uinput", GROUP="input", MODE="0660", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"

README.md

@@ -5,18 +5,13 @@ It works everywhere on Linux, including in X11, Wayland and TTYs.
 
 It takes about half a second to register the virtual device, but it can be kept using the daemon.
 
-## Install
+## Install From Source
 
-Run `go build` with go (>=1.19) and copy `dotool`, `dotoold` and `dotoolc` into your PATH.
+With go (>=1.19) run `sudo ./install.sh`.
 
 ## Usage
 
-dotool will usually require root permissions unless you add a udev rule for uinput.
+dotool will require root permissions unless you are in group input.
-You could run these commands to add a rule for yourself and make it effective:
-```
-echo KERNEL==\"uinput\", GROUP=\"$USER\", MODE:=\"0660\" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-dotool-$USER.rules
-sudo udevadm trigger
-```
 
 This greets the world:
 `echo 'type Sup, Lads!' | dotool`

dotool.go

@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ The commands are:
 
 Example: echo "key h i shift+1" | dotool
 
+dotool is installed with a udev rule to allow users in group input to run
+it without root permissions. You can make it effective without rebooting by
+running: sudo udevadm trigger
+
 The keys are those used by Linux, but can also be specified using X11 names
 prefixed with x: like x:exclam, as well as their Linux keycode like k:30.
 They are case insensitive, except uppercase character keys also simulate shift.

install.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-go build && cp dotool dotoolc dotoold /usr/local/bin
+go build && cp -v dotool dotoolc dotoold /usr/local/bin
+cp -v 80-dotool.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
+udevadm trigger

uninstall.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+rm -vf /usr/local/bin/dotool /usr/local/bin/dotoolc /usr/local/bin/dotoold
+rm -vf /etc/udev/rules.d/80-dotool.rules