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fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2021-02-03 · latest 2025-10-12

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  1. …of xdotool's commands) but the core protocol isn't particularly friendly to such automation. [0] https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool [1] https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11 [2] https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by badsectoracula · 2025-10-12 · in No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
  2. …https://linux.die.net/man/7/xautomation http://sikulix.com/ https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11 https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd
    comment by autoexec · 2024-05-23 · in WinDirStat – Windows Directory Statistics
  3. Maybe xdotool [0] is what you're looking for. [0] https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/
    comment by throwawaybutwhy · 2023-01-10 · in X Window System Basics (2014)
  4. …thing that is missing in my videos is the sound of keyboard clicks… But nothing is perfect! [1] https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(command)
    comment by ziotom78 · 2022-12-12 · in Ask HN: What's your proudest hack?
  5. xdotool? https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool
    comment by deadbunny · 2022-08-30 · in Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux
  6. …per year it probably wouldn't be worthwhile… and the interface could be different next year. [0] https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool
    comment by nybble41 · 2022-04-19 · in TurboTax’s fight against free tax filing
  7. …[1]: https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/libXtst/recordlib.htm... [2]: https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool
    comment by federicoterzi · 2021-02-03 · in Show HN: Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing