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white.jm55 | 4 May 2013 00:01

Can't get any mousemove events to work

I am running a Xvfb on display :15 with version 3.20130503.1 of xdotool. I'm trying to run the following command and it fails.

DISPLAY=:13 xdotool search -pid 28666 --onlyvisible xul windowmove --sync 0 0 mousemove --sync 230 65 click 1

I have determined that the search, windowmove, and click all work correctly but the mousemove does not work. In addition, mousemove_relative seems to fail also.

I must be doing something fundamentally wrong but I don't know what it is.

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engineer.gauravgarg | 27 Apr 2013 10:49

How To Send Keys On A Linux System From Windows System. Can i send some Keyboard Keys From Windows to a software Which is Loaded in Linux

i have two computer systems in first i have Fedora 15 and in second i have Windows XP. and i want to control a software which is loaded in Linux using the Windows ( i.e i want to send some keyboard keys like Alt+F4 and Alphabets to the Linux system on a predefined Software Konsol. So I am unable to configure it. can you tell me the way.

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engineer.gauravgarg | 1 May 2013 06:51

Key Mapping Issue and Also Not nGetting Inout from Other Systems

Hey. I had installed xdotool in my Fedora 15, but i am unable to create key events. i am very new for that, so can anyone tll me how can i configur it and how can i get input of keyboard keys from Windows Os to My Fedora 15. Thanks Steps >> 1>> I Configured FTP Server on my Fedora OS. After that installed xdotool and sending keys from Windows but it is not getting a single one event My OS >> Fedora 15 Required Output >> I want to get input From Windows OS to My Fedora 15 OS. Version Installed >> xdotool-2.20101012

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gaurav garg | 27 Apr 2013 10:48

XDOTOOL

i have two computer systems in first i have Fedora 15 and in second i have Windows XP. and i want to control a software which is loaded in Linux using the Windows ( i.e i want to send some keyboard keys like Alt+F4 and Alphabets to the Linux system on a predefined Software Konsol. So I am uable to configure it. can you tell me the way.

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Cal Rubbo | 22 Apr 2013 02:37

Problem with "click" command

I'm currently using the following command to simulate a click on an open window in the taskbar panel (I'm on xubuntu 64 bit):

xdotool mousemove 25 768 click 1 mousemove restore

This command works flawlessly, EXCEPT when I have multiple instances of a window open; this has something to do with the fact that my windows are set to group multiple instances in the taskbar.

For example, in this image, there are two instances of Chromium open. The command above ONLY works when I close this second instance.

Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks,

Cal

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Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne | 8 Apr 2013 16:07

[xdotool-users] A known workaround for the “search … --pid …” bug

Hi people,

I can't get the search by PID working with xdotool. It invariably replies:

Can't consume 1 args; are only 0 available. This is a bug.

Searching the web for the error message I get, seems this is a known bug. Unfortunately, without PID based window identification, xdotool is hardly useful, and thus, that's not just a bug, but a big major bug.

As it seems the bug is not solved, I wondered if any one know any kind of trick to workaround that blocking bug.

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Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne | 4 Apr 2013 23:57

Can I send key-codes instead of key-symbols?

Hi people out there,

I'm encountering a funny issue with xdotool and i3wm.

Let me explain: if from within i3wm I do, in a console, `xdotool Super+2`, the result is the same as if I had typed `Super+Shift+2` on my keyboard. Trying to guess what's wrong, I ended with an hypothesis: may be that's because to input “2”, I have to press Shift+2 on my keyboard and may be that's why `xdotool Super+2` do what `xdotool Super+Shift+2`. Seems either xdotool or i3wm interprets “2” as “Shift+2” and not just the key which is “2”. Hence my question: how do one make xodotool to send a key‑code instead of a key‑symbol?

Some one has an idea?

Note I don't know if this behaviour comes from xdotool proper or from i3wm instead.

I tried to do `xdotool Super+KP_2` instead of `xdotool Super+2`, but it does not work and just seems to send something looking like `^[[1;2B` and i don't know what it exactly means. At least, `KP_2` does not work as the key‑code pour the “2” key at the top of my laptop keyboard.

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Michael Kessler | 10 Mar 2013 02:24

Help providing mobility restricted access to computers sought

Hello everyone.

First off, I'm way over my head but have gotten involved in a worthwhile project: enabling those with cerebral palsy, quadriplegics or otherwise limited to "single switch" mobility to use computers. The project was suggested by Will, known on the Puppy Linux Forum as standard7452. The thread he initiated, currently only 11 posts, can be quickly read here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84617. There are a couple more posts on a thread I opened hoping to attract more technically astute users of Puppy Linux. Although we have identified several onscreen keyboards which could be employed, emulation of mouse functions or a work-around remain elusive. I had suggested that perhaps xdotools might provide such functionality, http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=690708#690708, in combination with Xvkbd: Virtual keyboard, http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=261712#261712 but greengeek --suggesting a different approach-- asked a question pertinent to both: whether xdotools would interpret the "pressing" of onscreen keys the same way as actual keyboard key depressions?
That prompted this inquiry to people who may know.
Please feel free to join the discussion on the Puppy Forum (registration required --everyone is welcome, but especially those with technical knowledge) or to respond to this email if for no other reason than to save us some time attempting the impossible. If you have alternative suggestions they would be welcomed as well.

Thanking you in advance for your courtesy and cooperation,

mike kessler

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Ariel Burbaickij | 21 Feb 2013 22:09

is it doable with xdotool?

Hello all,

I have following somewhat mad situation:

I have legacy proprietary software suite that behaves in following way:

there is X11/Motif graphical launchpad on which several icons are located, upon pressing an icon some GUI-based

application is started, there is no other way to start the application but through the launchpad, framework checks for it and

if application is started differently it is forcibly closed because it is considered license violation.

The application that I am interested in collects and represents the statistics from several (potentially

many dozens) of sources and represents them in various ways (bar graph, run chart, counters) -- now here comes the hook:

it is about the only way to get the data in this application in near-real time, the only exception being the fact that this graphical

application can save text files using Save/Save As grpahical menue entries and these text files can be then processed in whatever

way I want and I pretty much want to do exactly this: parse/process these text files.

Now, my idea is to script the interaction with this graphical programm, so that script automatically selects Save or

Save As every minute and then provides the file name that includes current time and any other parts of the file name I might wish.

Questions: To write such a script with xdotool -- is it something reasonably easy doable? Are examples available that shows how

something similar might look like?

/wbr

Ariel Burbaickij

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Tobias Kronawitter | 22 Feb 2013 14:23

screen edge with mousedown checked

Hi, in compiz I use a setup where right-clicking a screen edge switches to the workspace of the respective direction. Is it posible to do this with xdotool, too?
Like this: "xdotool behave_screen_edge right `command to check if RMouse is down` key Ctrl+Alt+RArrow"
Maybe a way to have xdotool just check if "behave_screen_edge right" is fullfiled would be enough. That way on every right-click one could check "$behave_screen_edge right" == 1 and trigger workspace-switching when true.

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botalov.andrey | 19 Feb 2013 16:01

How can I solve "No such key name 'Control_s'" exception?

I am on Ubuntu. When I run:

xdotool key Control_s

I get:

No such key name 'Control_s'

How can I solve it?

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