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Text Input Method Configuration

Requirements for dotool (faster than xdotool)

  1. Install: pamac build dotool or yay -S dotool

  2. Add user to the input group: sudo gpasswd -a $USER input

  3. Create udev rule:

    echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", GROUP="input", MODE="0660", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/80-dotool.rules

  4. Reload rules: sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

  5. Log in again

Configuration

In config/settings.py:

x11_input_method_OVERRIDE = "dotool"  # oder "xdotool"

Notes

  • dotool is significantly faster than xdotool – with very fast output, the target application may lose characters

  • Reading out the settings deliberately suppresses all print outputs from settings.py during import – this is intentional

  • The dotool listener runs as a background process via a FIFO (/tmp/dotool_fifo) with typedelay 0