On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 12:49:50PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > [-- text/plain, size 0.7K, charset utf-8, 28 lines, encoding > > quoted-printable --] > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 10:00:41AM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > I am trying to generate some 'fake' input using xte (and then xdotool > > > which shows exactly the same issue). I can get most characters OK but in > > > this particular case I need to send some double-quote " characters and > > > these appear in the output as @. > > > > > > So, for example:- > > > > > > chris$ echo 'str string "quoted string" string' | xte > > > chris$ string @quoted string@ string > > > > [...] > > > > Hm. No experience with xte; a tiny bit with xdotool. I'm not seeing > > this: > > > > tomas@caliban:~$ xdotool type 'foo"bar' > > foo"bartomas@caliban:~$ foo"bar > > > > (the doubling of foo"bar is due to the shell echo). So the " stays > > a ". > > > > What am I holding wrong? > > > Nothing! :-)
Phew ;-)
> However on my systems I see:-
>
> chris@q957$ xdotool type 'foo"bar'
> foo@barchris@q957$ foo@bar
Hm. What is interesting is that on an US keyboard, the @ is in the
same place (shift-2) the German keyboard has the " (also on top of
the 2, in the upper digit row).
As if xdotool were using the "wrong keyboard". Have you tried an "y"
or, say, a slash ("/")?
Xdotool's man page doesn't mention scancodes, which could have been
a thread to pull on.
Sorry to not have a better idea...
Cheers
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