Insert text with hotkey combination

[scientist]

Is there a way to assign a text string to a hot key combination ?

[bigpup]

Give example of what you want to do and in what program or what?

[Puppus Dogfellow]

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#!/bin/sh

xdotool type ''

requires xdotool. put your text string between the single quotes. add something like

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<Key mask="SAC" key="S">exec:(path to your script)</Key>

/root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal. (example makes shift plus alt plus control plus the s key your hot key). if you place the script in /root/my-applications/bin or other path location (in puppy, all the /bins plus games, i think), you need only write down its name after the "exec:" bit.

anyway, the above works--will remember returns and line breaks, too.

the key command is also pretty handy.

http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/


xdotool-2.20110530.1-3.pet]xdotool pet i've mirrored


works in every 32 bit pup, i believe, but you may want to check your PPM for a more recent version.

(been a while--can't remember the original source of the file, but i use it all the time, so thanks again...)

after you make your changes to to jwmrc-personal, restart jwm.

[ebisu]

Is there a way to assign a text string to a hot key combination ?

Yes.

[scientist]

Give example of what you want to do and in what program or what?

FF does a poor job of remembering form data.

I would like for example to be able to use a key combination to insert my email address.

[Bushbuck]

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#!/bin/sh

xdotool type ''

Good one, Puppus.
Just got my first auto-typing command working.

[scientist]

xdotool is not in PPM.

My experience in installing other distro versions has rarely been successful.

[scientist]

I found xdotool.

It has no file extension and does nothing when run ?

[Puppus Dogfellow]

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#!/bin/sh

xdotool type ''

Good one, Puppus.
Just got my first auto-typing command working.

cool. glad to be of help.

[Bushbuck]

I found xdotool.

It has no file extension and does nothing when run ?

On mine, it prints out the same blurb as --help when you run it with no parameters. It's version 3.20140217.1 if that helps, but I'm in Tahr Puppy 6.02.

PS, It doesn't need a file extension.

[Puppus Dogfellow]

requires xdotool. use a launcher like pexec or gexec and/or assign a shortcut key.

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echo $'#!/bin/sh
xdotool type \'\'
#Place desired text output between the single quotes above.
#at -- autotext---place in /nwp or a bin. make a series...' > /root/my-applications/bin/at
cd /root/my-applications/bin; for f in at{1..10} ; do cp at $f ; done
chmod 755 /root/my-applications/bin/at1 /root/my-applications/bin/at2 /root/my-applications/bin/at3 /root/my-applications/bin/at4 /root/my-applications/bin/at5 /root/my-applications/bin/at6 /root/my-applications/bin/at7 /root/my-applications/bin/at8 /root/my-applications/bin/at9 /root/my-applications/bin/at10  /root/my-applications/bin/at

you can assign the scripts to keys, but if you think you will have many, it may be better to use a launcher. sample use:

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xdotool type ''

does nothing.

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xdotool type 'phick zit'

types out:

phick zit

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xdotool type 'phi
x z
i
t
'

types out:

phi
x z
i
t


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script is making a template, then making ten copies of it, then setting the perimissions, then opening the blanks. you could also put it directly into jwm,

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<Key mask="SAC" key="S">exec:at1</Key>

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<Key mask="SC" key="S">exec:xdotool type 'long, forgettable thing or string'</Key>

hth

(tested in a precise derivative.)


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edit: this one will make an xdotool autotype script:

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#!/bin/sh
xdotool type "
#!/bin/sh
xdotool type ''
"

#you need the double quotation marks to have the singles from the code show (same thing the $ \  \ in the first script in the post does).

[scientist]

Since xdotool does not work on my system, I found this.

But Ctrl-v does not show the character sequence, it pops up the menu.

How can I see the character sequences?

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You can determine the character sequence emitted by a key by pressing Ctrl-v at the command line, then pressing the key you're interested in. On my system for F12, I get ^[[24~. The ^[ represents Esc. Different types of terminals or terminal emulators can emit different codes for the same key.

At a Bash prompt you can enter a command like this to enable the key macro so you can try it out.

bind '"\e[24~":"foobar"'

Now, when you press F12, you'll get "foobar" on the command line ready for further editing. If you wanted a keystroke to enter a command immediately, you can add a newline:

bind '"\e[24~":"pwd\n"'

[scientist]

I have got xdotool to run.

How would I assign 'test' to Shift F11 ?

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# <Key mask="SAC" key="S">exec:at1</Key> 
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
<ec:xdotool type 'long, forgettable thing or string'</K

[Semme]

You can run, but you can't hide. I understand why JM.. B----- Y--- A--!

[scientist]

Letting anger control you ?

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[Bushbuck]

I have got xdotool to run.

How would I assign 'test' to Shift F11 ?

You'd need to edit jwmrc.personal. jwmrc might appear to work, but changes will get wiped when you do anything that rebuilds the menu.

If you run xev in a terminal, you can find out what keycodes the keys generate.

It's a good idea to back the file up first, as it's possible to lose the menu if you get the XML wrong.

[scientist]

I do not have a jwmrc.personal.

[scientist]

I found it.

It is jwmrc-personal.

[Puppus Dogfellow]

I have got xdotool to run.

How would I assign 'test' to Shift F11 ?

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# <Key mask="SAC" key="S">exec:at1</Key> 
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
<ec:xdotool type 'long, forgettable thing or string'</K

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<Key mask="S" key="F11">exec:at1</Key> 

if at1 is in the PATH,

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<Key mask="S" key="F11">exec:/path/to/at1</Key>

if it's not.

jwm -restart.

[MochiMoppel]

Puppus, since you are an xdotool expert you may have an idea how to make this tool stable. More than once I get unpredictable results. Example: I made a desktop icon (left in the screenshot) and assigned it Ctrl+Shift+F11 as keyboard shortcut. The icon works nicely when I activate Geany and click on it. However the keyboard shortcut doesn't work. I suspected a timing problem and created a second icon, this time with a 1 sec delay before executing xdotool. This time the keyboard shortcut worked. Reducing the sleep command to something like 0.5 sec. triggers Geany's Replace dialog. Totally unexpected.