| ▲ | thanatos519 4 days ago |
| I have essential workflows using x2x, xev, and xdotool. Apparently this kind of stuff is contrary to Wayland's security model, so I'm stuck on Xorg, and I'm ok with that. |
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| ▲ | Phelinofist 4 days ago | parent [-] |
| Out of curiosity, what are these workflows? |
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| ▲ | com 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I don’t use x2x but use xev and xdotool for automated regression testing of GUI tools. I can’t find a low-effort, high-portability, low-menory way to do it with Wayland. Local and also in CI pipelines. | | |
| ▲ | charmicat 3 days ago | parent [-] | | wev+ydotool? | | |
| ▲ | com 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I might be in the wrong Wayland desktop environment; I couldn’t get it to work reliably. Headless Wayland was really complicated when I last tried it, and quite memory heavy. I’ll try again this month! |
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| ▲ | Solarsail 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not the GP, but I recall the KeePass password manager using xdotool for its autotype feature. I struggled to get xdotool to work correctly back in 2014 on a Debian 7 personal computer. Not familiar with 'x2x' or 'xev' |
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