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Good evening Linux community... I am a new user of the Linux system (Manjaro Distribution) and I am really enjoying it, it has served me very well. However, I used an application on Windows that I could "program" certain events when pressing a keyboard key. Example 1: By pressing the "F1" key...

Hello Linux community... I use an Arch based distribution called Manjaro and I'm trying to implement the following routine; I open a certain application (native for Windows, I use Wine) and leave it in the background, while using another Linux application. I made a command using xdotool...

Apologies for the delay... What I'm trying to do is get the "F12" key sent repeatedly to a game, even if it's minimized. Also, I want the "F12" key to be sent only if no other keyboard keys are currently being pressed by me. In short: - I have a game, where the "F12" key must be pressed every 5...

Thanks again for the help... We're making progress from completing my script, little by little making adjustments and it's almost perfect, in the role I want. xdotool (according to its manual) is able to send keystrokes (even with minimized window), the command line; xdotool key --window...

Thank you for your help. What I'm doing is exactly that, sending the "F12" key to the window named class "programfile". With the script below the function is working; #!/bin/bash while true; do sleep $(shuf -i2-5 -n1); xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --class 'programfile') F12; done...

Update: I managed to make the key repeat work, in an interval between 2s and 5s using the script: #!/bin/bash while true; do sleep $(shuf -i2-5 -n1); xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --class 'programfile') F12; done However, key repeat only works if the window is focused, I think the...

After some reading and effort, I managed to come up with the following script; #!/bin/bash while true; do sleep 3.00; xdotool key --window 0x2800001 F12; done It's working in parts. It sends the "F12" key but only when the window is active, I would like to send the "F12" key even if the window...

Hello Linux community. I recently changed my operating system and am using a Linux distribution and I am extremely satisfied, my computer is very efficient and working like I never imagined, very good indeed. I'm trying to automate a certain function but I'm having difficulties, I would like...