Re: Sending keystrokes (linux) ?!?

It's really a complex question, because in X, your window manager will be intercepting many keystrokes. I'm using ICEWM on linux, and CTRL+ALT+RIGHT will cause my virtual desktops to cycle thru. If that is what you are trying to accomplish, look at this pseudocode

use X11::WMCtrl;

foreach my $wrksp (0..9){
      $wmctrl->switch($wrksp);
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Re^2: Sending keystrokes (linux) ?!? by behd (Initiate) on Aug 09, 2006 at 16:26 UTC
Hey that's the point, I want my wm to intercept the keystrokes :) I use XGL/Compiz and it's the combination of keys to switch between the faces of the cube. In fact, I have an IBM T42 laptop with HDAPS, a perlscript allow to record knock and then can be set in listen mode. (see: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knockage.html ) The listen mode allow to execute command -> I would like to write a perl script as command (ie. "sendkey.pl left" would rotate my cube left). Well I'll try what you said but I doubt that it's working with any wm... Thanks both for your fast replies :)	[reply]
Re^3: Sending keystrokes (linux) ?!? by behd (Initiate) on Aug 10, 2006 at 07:55 UTC
Hehe thanks for X11::Protocol, I didn't use it (was kinda low level, for the stupid thing that I wanted to do) but it pointed me to: X11::GUITest which have a ready made SendKeys :p	[reply]