Re: [RP] Command to make ratpoison press down-arrow.

[jbaber]

  Thank you for mentioning 'xtest' it looks like 'xdotool' and
'xautomation', which depend on xtest, are cli programs that do what I'd
like, ready to put in a script.

  Thanks for the best wm in existence,
    John B.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 03:43:32PM -0700, Shawn Betts wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:06 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello, all,
> >
> > ?I've found it nice to make little macros by having ratpoison move the
> > mouse around and click on things. ?If I want it to type some text, I've
> > tried messing with putsel and getsel, but that doesn't work for special
> > characters like down-arrow or esc.
> 
> It would be easy to add a command that sends a key event using Xtest,
> which is what rp uses for the mouse warping/buttons. Right now I don't
> think you can do it without an external program.
> 
> -Shawn