Running applications

[sezanzeb]

Running scripts or starting applications via a key press.

The service has root rights, but editing config files does not require them. This needs to be properly sandboxed to avoid privilege escalations

[br-lemes]

I'm very interested in running scripts via key press, so I could implement a visual feedback for a multilayer config.

[iacchus]

I came here to say this. Also, see, beyond running command there are a lot of other things, see for example this open source app for Android, it has lots of functions that could be implemented.

EDIT: also modality: if there is a possibility of changing presets via keys, we could made the keyboard change modes, much like in vim: with one preset you would enter text, in the other would control the pagination, cursor, process text etc. Would be awesome.

[sezanzeb]

EDIT: also modality: if there is a possibility of changing presets via keys, we could made the keyboard change modes, much like in vim: with one preset you would enter text, in the other would control the pagination, cursor, process text etc. Would be awesome.

I have created an issue about the details of this: https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper/issues/262

You can also already use input-remapper-control to change your preset https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper/blob/main/readme/usage.md#cli and set this as a shortcut in your desktop environment.

Most of them probably have a way of running commands on key presses already:

the only value input-remapper would provide over this is different commands in different presets

[br-lemes]

You can also already use input-remapper-control to change your preset https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper/blob/main/readme/usage.md#cli and set this as a shortcut in your desktop environment.

Most of them probably have a way of running commands on key presses already:

In KMonad I use this feature of running applications to run a script which changes the color of my panel, so I have a visual feedback of what layer I'm currently on. The key to toggle layers is invisible to the OS. The same would occurs in input-remapper if you have a key which only changes a variable. Moreover KMonad can run an application on key press and another on key release.

I run KMonad as user, not as root. Just giving my user uinput access. So I don't run commands as root. Maybe you can make input-remapper service run as it's own user, similar to what web servers as Apache does.

Well... just some ideas...