[Gambas-devel] [Gambas-user] SendKeys for gambas2 ? (moved to devel list)

[Laurent Carlier]

On Friday 13 July 2007 14:32:41 Laurent Carlier wrote:
> > > > Do all X servers pretty much have the XTest extension turned on by
> > > > default?  Mandriva has theirs turned on and it looks like Ubuntu does
> > > > too, but I don't know whether it's standard enough to make
> > > > a "gb.sendkeys" component.
> > > >
> > > > Rob
> > >
> > > There is some functions to translate key string to keysym :
> > > http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/utilities/keyboard/XStringToKeysym.html
> > >
> > > A good to way to add this should be through Application.SendKey() :-)
> > >
> > > Last word is for Benoit ;-p
> > >
> > > Regards,
> >
> > 1) I suggest Desktop.SendKey(s). This is the class for desktop related
> > things.
> >
> > 2) You must test that the XTEST extension is available. There is a X API
> > for that, but I don't remember which one.
> >
> > 3) No need for a new component. You can put the code in gb.qt. I will put
> > it in gb.gtk too. In the future, maybe all desktop related things should
> > be put in gb.desktop - At the moment it is written in Gambas, so this is
> > just a matter of creating a C component and put the Gambas part in it.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> There is XqueryExtension function :
> "The XQueryExtension function determines if the named extension is present.
> If the extension is not present, XQueryExtension returns False; otherwise,
> it returns True."
>
> Regards,

Related links to Xtest :
- Xtest extension "homepage"
http://www.xfree86.org/current/xtestlib.html
- small tutorial (sorry in french !)
- http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-402015.html

Regards,
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