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Nighthawk: /* common key codes */

2025-04-24T17:23:48Z

‎common key codes

Nighthawk at 17:22, 24 April 2025

2025-04-24T17:22:42Z

Nighthawk: /* example keyboard input */

2019-07-01T17:12:31Z

‎example keyboard input

Nighthawk: /* environment */

2019-07-01T17:08:41Z

‎environment

Nighthawk at 17:08, 1 July 2019

2019-07-01T17:08:18Z

Nighthawk at 15:06, 1 July 2019

2019-07-01T15:06:12Z

Nighthawk: Pushed from Themanclub.

2013-05-24T13:15:18Z

Pushed from Themanclub.

New page

http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/xdotool.xhtml

http://hoopajoo.net/projects/xautomation.html

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/26913/how-to-customize-shortcut-keys-for-any-linux-application/

[[category:linux]]

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 send a string
-xdotool type --delay 15 'abc123'
+ xdotool type --delay 15 'abc123'
 where delay is in ms between simulated key strokes

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 test by hitting you printscreen button, hope it works!
 [[category:linux]]
 [[category:automation]]

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 same steps as above, add the following section to $HOME/.xbindkeys (did this after installing screengrab). my printscreen keycode was 107, yours may be different.
-## printscreen keyboard shortcut
+ ## printscreen keyboard shortcut
-"/usr/bin/screengrab"
+ "/usr/bin/screengrab"
      m:0x10 + c:107

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 ==environment==
 o.s. = debian stretch (this will work with any linux)
-xserver = xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u5
+<br>xserver = xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u5
-xdotool = 1:3.20160805.1-3
+<br>xdotool = 1:3.20160805.1-3
-−
 ==problem==

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		+	==environment==
		+	o.s. = debian stretch (this will work with any linux)
		+	xserver = xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u5
		+	xdotool = 1:3.20160805.1-3

−	~~http://hoopajoo.net/projects/xautomation.html~~

−	~~http~~:/~~/www~~.~~howtogeek~~.~~com/howto/26913/how-~~to-~~customize~~-shortcut~~-keys-for-any-linux-application~~/	+	==problem==
		+	need to program keyboard keys (macros) to send keyboard input or launch programs
		+
		+	==solution==
		+	install xdotool and configure
		+
		+	==="snooping" keyboard input keycodes===
		+
		+	in a terminal run program '''xev''' (comes with xserver-xorg-core i think) and then just hit the keyboard key of interest. you will see output such as...
		+
		+	KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
		+	root 0x4a0, subw 0x0, time 9652301, (164,120), root:(2235,492),
		+	'''state 0x10, keycode 133''' (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
		+	XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
		+	XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
		+	XFilterEvent returns: False
		+
		+	make a note of the state and keycode which are to be input into the xdotool config
		+
		+	===example keyboard input===
		+
		+	here we will program the "windows" key (between left ctrl and alt) to send "hahah lol" text as if entered by the keyboard.
		+
		+	edit $HOME/.xbindkeysrc, add a section like the one below. first line is a comment, 2nd is the commands to execute, 3rd line is the keycode line where 0x10 is from the state above and 133 is the keycode.
		+
		+	## "windows" key macro
		+	"sleep 0.2 && xdotool type --delay 15 'hahaha lol';"
		+	m:0x10 + c:133
		+
		+	save .xbindkeysrc
		+
		+	start or restart xbindkeys
		+
		+	$ killall xbindkeys; xbindkeys
		+
		+	in a terminal or text editor test you keyboard input by pressing you "windows key"
		+
		+	it should output...
		+
		+	hahaha lol
		+
		+	===example keyboard input===
		+
		+	same steps as above, add the following section to $HOME/.xbindkeys (did this after installing screengrab). my printscreen keycode was 107, yours may be different.
		+
		+	## printscreen keyboard shortcut
		+	"/usr/bin/screengrab"
		+	m:0x10 + c:107
		+
		+	start or restart xbindkeys
		+
		+	test by hitting you printscreen button, hope it works!

	[[category:linux]]		[[category:linux]]
		+	[[category:automation]]

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