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AutoKey-Py3 is a Python 3 port of AutoKey, a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.
There are two GUIs for AutoKey-Py3, GTK and QT, and they have different dependencies. If you use the GTK GUI, there is no need to install dependencies for the QT GUI and vice versa.
The “--user” option for pip may be removed if you intend to do a system-wide install. You can also add the “-e” option to pip to install in editable mode. “Editable” installs currently works only with the GTK GUI.
# common dependencies
apt-get install python3-pyinotify wmctrl
# dependencies for GTK GUI, install only if you intend to use the GTK GUI.
apt-get install python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gir1.2-glib-2.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7 python3-dbus zenity
# dependencies for QT GUI, install only if you intend to use the QT GUI.
apt-get install python3-pykde4 python3-pyqt4.qsci python3-dbus.mainloop.qt kde-baseapps-bin
# execute as non root
pip3 install --user python3-xlib
# install AutoKey-Py3 from PyPI or …
pip3 install --user autokey-py3
# get the development version from GitHub
pip3 install --user git+https://github.com/guoci/autokey-py3pacman -S --needed wmctrl hicolor-icon-theme python-dbus python-pyinotify zenity
# dependencies for GTK GUI, install only if you intend to use the GTK GUI.
pacman -S --needed python-gobject gtksourceview3 libnotify
# dependencies for QT GUI, install only if you intend to use the QT GUI.
pacman -S --needed python-qscintilla kdebindings-python
# execute as non root
pip3 install --user python3-xlib
# install AutoKey-Py3 from PyPI or …
pip3 install --user autokey-py3
# get the development version from GitHub
pip3 install --user git+https://github.com/guoci/autokey-py3# make sure that autokey is in your search path.
PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH" # if installed with the --user option
autokey-gtk # to start with the GTK3 GUI *OR*
autokey-qt # to start with the QT4 GUIPlease refer to the original AutoKey's scripting API and wiki.
Changes were made to source code to keep the scripting API stable. system.exec_command() returns a string. But if you use functions from the standard library you will have to fix that, as your script runs on a Python 3 interpreter. For example, expect subprocess.check_output() to return a bytes object.
2to3 can be used to do an automatic transformation of source code.
- Some guides on porting code to Python 3:
Logging information can be obtained by starting the launcher with the “-l” option.
autokey-gtk -l # or
autokey-qt -lPlease use the GitHub Issue Tracker for bug reports.
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GNU GPL v3.