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ydotool inserts digits instead of keys

Open emoxam opened this issue 7 months ago • 1 comments

ydotool key 29:1 56:1 59:1 59:0 56:0 29:0; sleep 2; ydotool type 'echo Hey guys. This is Austin.'

ydotool: notice: ydotoold backend unavailable (may have latency+delay issues) 255552ydotool: notice: ydotoold backend unavailable (may have latency+delay issues) echo Hey guys. This is Austin.emoxam@emoxam-b450mds3h:~/Downloads$ 255552echo Hey guys. This is Austin.

Why it echoes 255552 ?

emoxam avatar Jun 14 '25 08:06 emoxam

ydotoold --socket-path="/tmp/.ydotool_socket" --socket-own="$(id -u):$(id -g)"

ydotoold: listening on socket /tmp/.ydotool_socket ydotoold: accepted client ydotoold: accepted client

ydotool key 29:1 29:1

ydotool: notice: Using ydotoold backend 22

ps aux | grep ydotoold

emoxam 137179 0.0 0.0 76372 1772 pts/2 S+ 11:26 0:00 ydotoold --socket-path=/tmp/.ydotool_socket --socket-own=1000:1000

why 22 ?

emoxam avatar Jun 14 '25 08:06 emoxam