cpress

cpress was made for simulating keyboard input on Linux systems. It interacts with /dev/uinput and therefore is very low level and X Window System independent. There are Python and Go bindings provided.

Installation and usage

Before installation

Be aware that by default /dev/uinput is writable only for root. You can start cpress as root or, before doing that, change permissions level on uinput:

chmod +0666 /dev/uinput

cpress handles this automatically. If permissions level is not sufficient, it asks for root password and sets modes on its own. If you want avoid permissions changes for some reason, start as root.

C

Installation

See Makefile or more informations. To compile examples, type:

make example

Usage

Before doing anything with cpress, you'll have to call initialize() function. Then feel free to use these:

press_key(KEY_A);

press_combination(3, KEY_C, KEY_D, KEY_E);

hold_key(KEY_LEFTSHIFT);
press_key(KEY_E);
press_key(KEY_E);
release_key(KEY_LEFTSHIFT);

When you're done with cpress, simply call finish().

For more examples, see self-explanatory file examples/example.c.

Python

Installation

Simply run as root:

python2 setup.py install

Usage

Import module with:

from cpress import *

See self-explanatory file examples/example.py for more informations.

Go

Installation

Just use that command:

go get github.com/solusipse/cpress/go

Usage

Import package with:

import "github.com/solusipse/cpress/go"

See self-explanatory file examples/example.go for more informations.

License

See LICENSE.