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xdotool-4.20260303.1v0

fake keyboard and mouse input

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Description

xdotool lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions. It is a nice more powerful alternative to wmctrl and devilspie.

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Ports path
x11/xdotool
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
x11
Available flavors
None listed

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