X11, Wayland etc

The other antiquated windowing system

August 13, 2019 — August 18, 2021

computers are awful
diy
POSIX
UI

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Figure 1

xdotool

This tool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension and other Xlib functions. Additionally, you can search for windows and move, resize, hide, and modify window properties like the title. If your window manager supports it, you can use xdotool to switch desktops, move windows between desktops, and change the number of desktops.

A Wayland substitute for xdotool seems to be ydotool.