Is there a Macro application that doesn't need a whole lot of scripting knowledge?
from ohshit604@sh.itjust.works to linux@lemmy.ml on 07 Sep 17:04
https://sh.itjust.works/post/45588679

Morning y’all

Since I switched from windows a couple years back I have yet to find a useful macro application that can handle both mouse and keyboard inputs that also doesn’t need a lot of scripting knowledge.

Back on Windows the LG GHub was the perfect application for making macros. Record the macro, edit the key press down & up, delay and change whether or not the macro was a toggle or of the key needed to be held was really easy to do but ever since I switched to Linux/Debian I’ve tried numerous different applications that all seem to need a bunch of scripting knowledge that I honestly don’t have the time nor energy to learn.

I’ve tried:

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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 17:06 next collapse

github.com/werzum/MacroRecorder

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works on 07 Sep 17:09 collapse

This looks promising! By chance can you toggle macros with this application so they repeat on their own without needing another key press to restart it?

Edit: Also does it support mouse inputs?

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 17:43 collapse

I’m unaware of anything on any OS that does a combination of keyboard and mouse macros. I’m not even sure what a mouse macros is.

makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml on 07 Sep 17:37 next collapse

duckduckgo.com/?q=Linux+macro+record+playback

notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works on 08 Sep 02:20 collapse
swicano@slrpnk.net on 07 Sep 18:32 next collapse

Out of curiosity, what sorts of things do you make macros for? I’ve never been a macro-er

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works on 07 Sep 19:11 collapse

Mostly games to be honest! I used to have an auto-walk macro that I could toggle on and off or an auto-clicker as I don’t like to spam my mouse.

smeg@feddit.uk on 08 Sep 09:24 collapse

I’ve never tried it myself but I’ve heard a lot of speedrunners map mouse click (or whatever button they need to spam) to the mouse wheel, that’s probably something you could do in Steam Input (if that’s how you’re running your games)

jlow@discuss.tchncs.de on 07 Sep 20:37 collapse

I’m afraid it can’t do mouse inputs but I like espanso.org/docs/install/linux/ a lot.