1ydotoold(8)                 System Manager's Manual                ydotoold(8)
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NAME

6       ydotoold - daemon for ydotool(1)
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SYNOPSIS

9       ydotoold [OPTION...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       ydotool lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input
13       and mouse activity, etc. It does this by writing directly to /dev/uin‐
14       put so it generally needs to run as root.
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16       When ydotool(1) runs and creates a virtual input device, it will take
17       some time for your graphical environment (eg X11/Wayland) to recognize
18       and enable the virtual input device. (Usually done by udev)
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20       If the delay is too short, the virtual input device may not be recog‐
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23       In order to solve this problem, the ydotoold background service holds a
24       persistent virtual device, and accepts input from ydotool(1). When ydo‐
25       toold(1) is unavailable, ydotool(1) will work without it.
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OPTIONS

28           --socket-path arg  <path>
29               Socket path (default: /tmp/.ydotool_socket)
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31           --socket-perm arg <perms>
32               Socket permission (default: 0600)
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AUTHOR

35       ydotool(1) and ydotoold(8) were written by ReimuNotMoe.
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37       This man page by bob.hepple@gmail.com
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LICENCE

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SEE ALSO

43       ydotool(1)
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45       Project site: <https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool>
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49                                  2021-07-23                       ydotoold(8)