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Re: Show HN: Keydogger – Minimal keyboard macro for Linux (Wayland)

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Post by diggan »

playingalong wrote: post #2

The readme hardly explains what it does. Is it a keyboard macro service? E.g. for a given keyboard shortcut I get a predefined sequence of keys pressed?

I think the GIF is supposed to give the breakdown. As I understand, type "@mymacro" and it can expand it to whatever you define.

Wouldn't hurt to have a description in text though...

Re: Show HN: Keydogger – Minimal keyboard macro for Linux (Wayland)

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Post by freedomben »

diggan wrote: post #4
playingalong wrote: post #2

The readme hardly explains what it does. Is it a keyboard macro service? E.g. for a given keyboard shortcut I get a predefined sequence of keys pressed?

I think the GIF is supposed to give the breakdown. As I understand, type "@mymacro" and it can expand it to whatever you define. Wouldn't hurt to have a description in text though...

It's mysterious to me as well, but yeah after looking through the code briefly I think you define macros in the keydoggerrc file, and then keydogger watches the clipboard for triggers and responds accordingly. I love the idea, still a bit too much in the dark on the implementation to have an opinion though. Given the highly sensitive nature of the clipboard, I appreciate how small the app is because it's auditable.

OP: Cool project, thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Keydogger – Minimal keyboard macro for Linux (Wayland)

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Post by lompad »

k33st wrote: post #7

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That ship has already sailed I'm afraid.

Instead of running against windmills, try submitting patches and constructively improving the thing - it isn't going to go away, that much is safe to say. Every day yet another distro adopts it, at a steadily increasing pace.

Build extension packs, workarounds, etc. - similar to all the tools unfucking gnome 3 did, instead of fighting a hopeless battle.

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