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AutoHotKey replacement (feddit.org)
submitted 8 months ago by ackthxbye@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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I'm currently on Nobara 42, on Windows I used AutoHotKey on some games.
At the moment I'm looking to keep automatically accelerating in Redout and enable quick-fire in Herocore. Both games were fine with mixing keyboard input from AutoHotKey and real input from a gamepad. But if possible I'd also like to simulate gamepad input.
Ideally I'd like to start the different scripts for different games individually from the pre-launch option within Lutris to avoid having to define global hotkeys that are enabled all the time.

I found AutoKey but that seems more focused on Text Input and doesn't seem to support launching scripts individually (altouigh it has a Window Filter).

Is there any other software to send input better suited to my use-case?

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[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

antimicrox?

[–] ackthxbye@feddit.org 0 points 8 months ago

Turns out Lutris even has an option to enable a specific antimicrox profile on launching a game. Perfect. Thank you!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

xdotool/wdotool?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

Autokey can trigger xdotool, pyautogui and more. I use it daily like this.

However, if you want the really good gear, check out Talon Voice. It's unfortunately closed source, but has a free access tier that's capable.

The community have created open source addons and it's stellar for daily driving, and games.

[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

I found AutoKey but that seems more focused on Text Input and doesn’t seem to support launching scripts individually (altouigh it has a Window Filter).

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by this, but AutoKey has Python scripting built in and an extensive API:

https://github.com/autokey/autokey/wiki/Scripting

And from a Python script you can launch any other script/program you want with a subprocess library call.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

https://github.com/autokey/autokey

https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd

https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11

or just AutoHotKey on Wine/Proton

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure exactly what OP is looking for but I use keyd for keyboard remapping but I'm pretty sure it also fully supports macros.

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago

Most of these are just x11, are there any equivalents for wayland?

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 0 points 8 months ago

input-remapper

Might work