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.TH "ydotoold" "8" "2022-02-01"
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.SH NAME
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ydotoold - daemon for \fBydotool\fR(1)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBydotoold\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBydotool\fR lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate
keyboard input and mouse activity, etc.\& It does this by writing
directly to \fB/dev/uinput\fR so it generally needs to run as root.\&
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When \fBydotool\fR(1) runs and creates a virtual input device, it will take some time for your graphical environment (eg X11/Wayland) to recognize and enable the virtual input device.\& (Usually done by udev)
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If the delay is too short, the virtual input device may not be recognized & enabled by the graphical environment in time.\&
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In order to solve this problem, the \fBydotoold\fR background service holds a persistent virtual device, and accepts input from \fBydotool\fR(1).\& When \fBydotoold\fR(1) is unavailable, \fBydotool\fR(1) will work without it.\&
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.SH AUTHOR
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\fBydotool\fR(1) and \fBydotoold\fR(8) were written by ReimuNotMoe.\&
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This man page by bob.\&hepple@gmail.\&com
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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MIT License
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBydotool\fR(1)
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Project site: <https://github.\&com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool>