Comments on: Mouse / Keyboard Automation for Linux

By: The very very jealous with envy thing, part deux. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu.

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:03:12 +0000

[...] was minding my own business doing other things while my most mircescuesque avatar was busy crafting by itself, when suddenly I was congratulated! For outstanding achievement! Like so [...]

By: Foxy's Quite Almost Craftbot on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu.

Foxy's Quite Almost Craftbot on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:02:16 +0000

[...] bot itself is perhaps marginally more useful than the macro previously discussed, but in any case it holds great promise of great things to come. In order to install it and try it [...]

By: The drunken explorer « Daniel P. Barron

The drunken explorer « Daniel P. Barron — Mon, 21 May 2018 22:39:25 +0000

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By: Mircea Popescu

Mircea Popescu — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:03:40 +0000

Since the tool simply reads the file on each iteration, you can add a sed to rnd the values in between runs, providing you don't run it VERY often.

If you're manical you can also get the exact nanosecond time of your clicks by overloading with something like a watcher that writes out the exact timestamp of the file changes.

Linux wins because Linux is Lego for adults.

By: Garfield

Garfield — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:50:18 +0000

Hmm, what if the time between actions is somewhat variable? Manually editing times in the macro (and guessing them right) is a pain.

On Windows one could use Advanced Key and Mouse Recorder. It remembers even cursor movement and key presses, although the latter functionality is unreliable. At any rate it beats any tools I've found for Linux so far ;/