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xdotool type for wayland

5 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2022-02-07 · latest 2026-07-19

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  1. …[0]: https://github.com/leonardotrapani/hyprvoice [1]: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool [2]: https://github.com/atx/wtype
    comment by boomskats · 2026-07-19 · in Transcribe.cpp
  2. https://github.com/atx/wtype seems to work for me with no special permissions. (On Sway; I won't comment on other compositors.)
  3. …the X11 protocols for interacting with other windows? > There is some attempts though like: https://github.com/atx/wtype I am aware of several of these attempts; so far they all fall flat precisely because wayland compositors tend to not…
    comment by yjftsjthsd-h · 2024-07-25 · in Hyprland is now independent, dropping wlroots
  4. …a similar wayland app need a support in the compositor itself. There is some attempts though like: https://github.com/atx/wtype
    comment by openmarkand · 2024-07-25 · in Hyprland is now independent, dropping wlroots
  5. …It's already used by Flameshot for example. There is several xdottool equivalent as well: https://github.com/atx/wtype https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool This one is specific to wlroot based compositor:…