---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Diabolic Preacher" <[email protected]> Date: Apr 26, 2012 12:01 PM Subject: [fsug-goa] Autokey: A free automation tool for Linux desktops To: "FSUG Goa" <[email protected]>
** https://code.google.com/p/autokey/ Autokey (aptitude install autokey-gtk or autokey-qt) Autokey is the linux+X11+python equivalent of AutoHotKey (stuff that newbies write malware with...more like prank software). Autokey is a hotkey/phrase triggered automation tool. It allows you to automate anything that you do manually with your keyboard and mouse. It is useful for both the non-techie and techie uses of a computer. Its most simple use which people would probably take advantage of almost all the time is text expansion. Write a few characters, press space or enter and autokey replaces ur trigger phrase with a larger chunk of text. Why would you need this? Best example would be written correspondence. Salutation, signature and sometimes even parts of the main body of a letter or email could have oft-repeating chunks of text. Save time and energy on typing by storing these text blocks in Autokey and assigning short keywords or hotkey combinations. Having worked in a helpdesk environment I have known how repetitive the emails can be. A little more advanced usage of text expansion would be to also add in keypresses that would do some action like sending the mail itself. As you know almost everything can be done from the keyboard and what can be done, can be automated. The part of Autokey that i have not yet explored and this is like I guess the raw power of it are its scripts. Autokey scripts are simply python scripts with some GUI specific API functions. It's too hard to describe the vast variety of possibilities when the whole desktop environment, the input devices etc. are all controllable by a script. Give it a try. Rarely these kind of tools are free on Windows and AHK is nowhere near user-friendly. Diabolic Preacher As Is __._,_.___ Reply to sender<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Autokey%3A%20A%20free%20automation%20tool%20for%20Linux%20desktops>| Reply to group<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Autokey%3A%20A%20free%20automation%20tool%20for%20Linux%20desktops>| Reply via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fsug-goa/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxN3RhOHRuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzMwOTMwMTIxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNjU4MARtc2dJZAMxMzU0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTMzNTQyMTg1OQ--?act=reply&messageNum=1354>| Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fsug-goa/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcDlnZTZkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzMwOTMwMTIxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNjU4MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMzU0MjE4NTk-> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fsug-goa/message/1354;_ylc=X3oDMTM1NTVha2FuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzMwOTMwMTIxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNjU4MARtc2dJZAMxMzU0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTMzNTQyMTg1OQR0cGNJZAMxMzU0>( 1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fsug-goa;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZ2syZGVwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzMwOTMwMTIxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNjU4MARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzMzU0MjE4NTk-> [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZjBpb3B1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzMwOTMwMTIxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNjU4MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTMzNTQyMTg1OQ--> Switch to: Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
