how to invoke shortcuts from terminal

[ghost]

how can i invoke wayfire shortcut from terminal.
ex.
i want to leave wayfire session (logout) using
terminal.
and want to create a logout.desktop
file and add as an launcher in wf-panel.
in x
xdotool can do this with

xdotool key ctrl + alt + backspace

also i want to use libinput-gestures to invoke wayfire keyboard shortcuts with touchpad gestures.

how to invoke various wayfire functions with terminal.

in kwin its executed this way

qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin invokeShortcut "Switch to Next Desktop"

[soreau]

You can write evdev events using a script like this. To trigger plugin bindings as user, there would need to be some interface, maybe dbus or a custom protocol that wouldn't require root.

[ghost]

you wont mind ?
@ammen99
@soreau
if i make a
linux spin with wayfire
and
name it wayfire linux.
it will be based on manjaro unstable branch.
i am going to use
gnome apps with it.
and cmst for network
and no gnome control centre.

[ammen99]

@librewish, wayfire is open-source and MIT licensed, you can do almost anything you want :) And I am also fine with you using the name. Only please specify that your project is made by yourself, and not us.

[ghost]

okay thanks.
here is a screenshot of how it will look.

[ghost]

You can write evdev events using a script like this. To trigger plugin bindings as user, there would need to be some interface, maybe dbus or a custom protocol that wouldn't require root.

adding the user to plugdev group
eliminates the need for root access to use the script.

also i found
ydotool

https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool

which does the xdotool job.
without requiring x.

[ammen99]

Duplicate of #49

[damianatorrpm]

@librewish Checkout https://github.com/damianatorrpm/wayfire-plugin_dbus_interface
if you want to implement xdotool functionality there is an open issue and it shouldn't be too hard.

[ammen99]

@damianatorrpm My first impression was that they wanted to have a way to trigger activators from cmdline.

[damianatorrpm]

@ammen99 that's one way to achieve this, they could of course do this , or send ctrl + alt + backspace via an xdotool like command gdbus call --sesion org.wayland.compositor / org.wayland.compositor.send_keys ['ctrl', 'alt', 'backspace']
whatever they feel more comfortable with, after all the goal was to make an icon to do action X, the other things may be implementation details

[AdrianVovk]

@damianatorrpm Having to send keys means that the external program would have to parse wayfire's config and then decide which keys to send based on that. No good