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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: tylerlong on Sun, 27 November 2011, 09:21:35

Title: Linux alternative for AutoHotKey?
Post by: tylerlong on Sun, 27 November 2011, 09:21:35

I use linux and would like to use some keybinds to make doing some stuff a little easier.
Does anyone know of an alternative to AutoHotKey that will work with Linux, hopefully in the Debian repos?

Title: Linux alternative for AutoHotKey?
Post by: bootstrap on Sun, 27 November 2011, 09:36:28

On Debian, I use a combination of Xmodmap (http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/xmodmap.1.html), xdotool (http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/), and xbindkeys (http://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html).

Title: Linux alternative for AutoHotKey?
Post by: ClosedBSD on Sun, 27 November 2011, 15:50:00

Every Window manager does it a little differently, but as always the Arch Wiki is your best friend (regardless of distribution)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Category:Input_devices_%28English%29

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys_in_Console
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys_in_Xorg


but, like bootstrap said, Xmodmap/xdotool/xbindkeys should do whatever you need