OK, sorry I can't help beyond that - you are passing the right commands to xdotool. I haven't used xdotool in a while myself.If you're interested in alternatives, I made iocane, which does a subset of the things xdotool does. It certainly should do what you intend. I did, however, just realize I need to patch it up a bit, so I will be diving into it's code aga
I'm on 12.04.
I have xdotool and xclip installed.
I have a script bound to a hot key that works.
The script is:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
xclip -in -selection c ~/scripts/xclip-scripts/sig
The sig file contains my signature. (I know this is really simple.
I am having problems getting it to type the @ symbol.I want it to type in my sign in email address for me in Firefox usingxdotool type 'mrsomebody@hotmail.co.uk'but it types it in minus the @ so I get mrsomebodyhotmail.co.ukI have the same problem with xte xte 'str mrsomebody@hotmail.co.uk'It types it minus the @--------never mind I think it is something specific to Iceweasel a
thanks for this KF7EEL, I followed the instructions however xdotool refused to open the popup menu.
I need to kill a process that spawned a window which seems to have no PID associated with it.
I need to kill a process that spawned a window which seems to have no PID associated with it. At least that is what xdotool says:
~$ xdotool getwindowpid 79691780
window 79691780 has no pid associated with it.
wmctrl -lp prints 0x04c00004 0 0 N/A Window name
xprop _NET_WM_PID says _NET_WM_PID: not found.
The solutions in What process created this X11 window? don't work.
Hello everyone. Today i have some free time, and i decided to spend it testing the beta2 iso if debian wheezy net install; currently i am configuring it, and there a doubt raised: i'm using the following line of code but it marks an error (i have unluckily googled for an answer and i have decided to ask for help to some more experienced linux users :)). I thank you all
Other than usign xdotool to send F3 to nautilus when it starts.
(which is a solution..)
I'm wondering if anything new as been included in the nautilus codebase that enable it in preferences to open up dual paned by default.
I really liked total commander when using windows..
Sort of like a poor man's keyboard sharing.
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