I have some ideas for a future xdotool that supports Wayland compositors, but Wayland created so much fragmentation… I don’t know it'll be worth the time :/
It amuses me that sending JavaScript over DBus seems to be the way to do things on GNOME and KDE though… www.semicomplete.com/blog/xdotool...
It amuses me that sending JavaScript over DBus seems to be the way to do things on GNOME and KDE though… www.semicomplete.com/blog/xdotool...
Exploring the Fragmentation of Wayland, an xdotool adventure - semicomplete
In 2007, I was spending a my summer experimeting with UI automation. In June 207, I started xdotool by splitting it from another project, called navmacro at the time. The goal was modest - write some ...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I have some ideas for a future xdotool that supports Wayland compositors, but Wayland created so much fragmentation… I don’t know it'll be worth the time :/
It amuses me that sending JavaScript over DBus seems to be the way to do things on GNOME and KDE though… www.semicomplete.com/blog/xdotool...
It amuses me that sending JavaScript over DBus seems to be the way to do things on GNOME and KDE though… www.semicomplete.com/blog/xdotool...
Reposted by Jordan Sissel
dropped off my son at the montressori school today and when i came back the entrance was bricked up??! i'm calling the police
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
dropped off my son at the montressori school today and when i came back the entrance was bricked up??! i'm calling the police
Ruby 1.9.3 was so good I kinda stopped looking at new Ruby releases. I still use new versions, but I haven’t found any features which amaze me - what have I missed that excites you about from Ruby releases in the last decade?
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Ruby 1.9.3 was so good I kinda stopped looking at new Ruby releases. I still use new versions, but I haven’t found any features which amaze me - what have I missed that excites you about from Ruby releases in the last decade?
Discovered something amazing: On Fedora 24 / Gnome 48 + Wayland, xdotool's virtual keyboard and mouse just ... works?
I long since gave up hope that the Wayland ecosystem would ever even allow virtual input, and now, X11 virtual input (aka XTEST) kinda works? (It nags w/ a popup, but.. works)
I long since gave up hope that the Wayland ecosystem would ever even allow virtual input, and now, X11 virtual input (aka XTEST) kinda works? (It nags w/ a popup, but.. works)
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Discovered something amazing: On Fedora 24 / Gnome 48 + Wayland, xdotool's virtual keyboard and mouse just ... works?
I long since gave up hope that the Wayland ecosystem would ever even allow virtual input, and now, X11 virtual input (aka XTEST) kinda works? (It nags w/ a popup, but.. works)
I long since gave up hope that the Wayland ecosystem would ever even allow virtual input, and now, X11 virtual input (aka XTEST) kinda works? (It nags w/ a popup, but.. works)
fpm v1.17.0 released! Added support for python's pyproject.toml, wheels, and more. Some lovely bug fixes as well.
Changes: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/c...
Install: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/i...
Package all the things!
Changes: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/c...
Install: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/i...
Package all the things!
Release Notes and Change Log — fpm - packaging made simple 1.17.0 documentation
fpm.readthedocs.io
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
fpm v1.17.0 released! Added support for python's pyproject.toml, wheels, and more. Some lovely bug fixes as well.
Changes: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/c...
Install: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/i...
Package all the things!
Changes: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/c...
Install: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.17.0/i...
Package all the things!
Reposted by Jordan Sissel
Not sure if I hate time, floats, or yaml the most.
July 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Not sure if I hate time, floats, or yaml the most.
@frozenfoxx.cultoffoxx.net 👀 doom 64 on GDQ at 8:30 pacific!
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
@frozenfoxx.cultoffoxx.net 👀 doom 64 on GDQ at 8:30 pacific!
Very pleased to find that bluesky and Twitter kept the same orientation bug - that rotating to horizontal to, say, watch a video, results in the viewport scrolling wildly to some far distant location nowhere near what i was reading.
April 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Very pleased to find that bluesky and Twitter kept the same orientation bug - that rotating to horizontal to, say, watch a video, results in the viewport scrolling wildly to some far distant location nowhere near what i was reading.
fpm 1.16.0 released! Quite a few small-but-nice improvements and bug fixes.
github.com/jordansissel...
github.com/jordansissel...
fpm/CHANGELOG.rst at v1.16.0 · jordansissel/fpm
Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity. - jordansissel/fpm
github.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:02 AM
fpm 1.16.0 released! Quite a few small-but-nice improvements and bug fixes.
github.com/jordansissel...
github.com/jordansissel...