ReimuNotMoe
Unicode characters not printing
When running something like ydotool type "ඞ", nothing is outputted. When running ydotool type "∩^ω^∩", all that is outputted is "^^".
Below is what it looks like in the terminal. The same thing happens if I switch to something else (eg, firefox or discord).
- By setting the compose key to
alt_r, I can type the following Swedish word:
% ydotool key s k alt_r shift+\' a r g alt_r o a r d
% skärgård
(For more on compose key: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key)
- I have multiple keyboard layouts on my system, which I switch between using
Super+Space:
% ydotool key v o d k a \ super_l+\ d j l r f
% vodka водка
Note: In [1], the single quote is escaped as \', and in [2], the space is escaped as \ .
(Ubuntu 22.04, GNOME, Wayland)
related to https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/issues/214
The information above applies to the legacy ydotool installed from the Ubuntu 22.04 repositories
% sudo apt update && sudo apt install ydotool
% apt-cache show ydotool | grep Version
Version: 0.1.8-3
However, the ydotool key workaround should also be valid with the latest version 1.0.4 from the releases page.
% wget https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/releases/download/v1.0.4/ydotool-release-ubuntu-latest
% wget https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/releases/download/v1.0.4/ydotoold-release-ubuntu-latest
% chmod u+x ./ydotool*
% sudo ./ydotoold-release-ubuntu-latest --socket-perm 0666
% ./ydotool-release-ubuntu-latest key 31:1 31:0 37:1 37:0 100:1 100:0 42:1 40:1 40:0 42:0 30:1 30:0 19:1 19:0 34:1 34:0 100:1 100:0 24:1 24:0 30:1 30:0 19:1 19:0 32:1 32:0
% skärgård
% ./ydotool-release-ubuntu-latest key 47:1 47:0 24:1 24:0 32:1 32:0 37:1 37:0 30:1 30:0 57:1 57:0 125:1 57:1 125:0 57:0 32:1 32:0 36:1 36:0 38:1 38:0 19:1 19:0 33:1 33:0
% vodka водка
(key codes from /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h)
1.0.4 doesn't type non-latin characters either. And if latin characters supplemented with non-latin in the end, those latin will be printed in non-latin layout, while non-latin still not printed at all.
