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

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There is AutoKey for Linux and X11.

That's one tradeoff in Wayland versus the X Windowing System: if you want a process with the ability to send keystrokes X supports it while under Wayland you'll have to use compositor-specific facilities for every compositor you're willing to support (GNOME, KDE, wlroots, Weston,...).

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

#42

There is AutoKey for Linux and X11.

Yeah. Although X11 is stable and mature and already have every tools we need, apparently Wayland is the new cool thing and we now need to reinvent every wheels (and sometimes for each WMs separately).

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

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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.

Please don't FUD.

I don't see FUD anywhere in my post. Did you accidentally reply to the wrong person?

My point was essentially, that if he thinks wayland is this bad, the poster should help improve it to their liking, instead of ranting - it's pretty widely adopted now, and just like systemd, little more than a few minor holdouts are going to be left a few years down the line.

Now, keep in mind, I'm not claiming that wayland is good or bad - just, that complaining is unproductive and improving helps much more.

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