Linux equivalent of Autohotkey?

[Megalorian]

Does anyone here know if there is a Linux equivalent of Autohotkey?

[Megalorian]

From what I can see, there are 3 choices:

http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/
http://xmacro.sourceforge.net/
http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html

Has anyone used any of these? The ultimate question I have is which is the best one to use?

[nhasian]

actually in windows I used Hot keyboard Pro. I just installed ubuntu 8.04 a few days ago on my laptop and have linux equivalent for all the programs i need except for Hot Keyboard Pro and Newsbin Pro. Have you tried any of those linux hotkey programs yet?

[Megalorian]

Not yet. It's on my 'to do' list. I need to sort out some installation issues first. But I will post back here after I try them out.

[SunnyRabbiera]

well if you have a multimedia keyboard, there is possibly a way to make it function.
there is a built in tool under system> preferences> keyboard shortcuts.
it might work if you play around with it.

[Pipps]

For simple actions, why not use the global keybindings?

Run > gconf-editor > metacity.

[Chase.]

Hi there.
Unlike the name suggests, Autohotkey is much more powerful than simply adding Hotkey and Hotstring options. Quite a few probably use it to automize GUI tasks, which I consider dispensable, but there are some features I really don't want to miss. I'll try to make a list

I'd be glad if someone could name replacements or other solutions for these taks:

• shortcuts for system options, like sound
  (e.g. Holding Alt + mousewheel changes volume)
• Operating on selected text and clipboard
  (e.g. Win + G googles selection)
• Hardware access
  (e.g. remapping power button to turn on and off all LEDs)
• Full Unicode support
  (e.g. replace the string 無限 with ∞)
• Window and GUI control
  (e.g. move a window to pixel 0,10 of the leftmost monitor)
• Layout independant shortcuts
  Autohotkey uses "scan codes" and "virtual key codes" at the same time. The first refers to the actual hardware, while the latter refers to the "translated" key that is dependant on layouts. I am not sure about this on Linux, but I've been told that X only provides the virtual (mapped) key codes.
  As I am switching layouts frequently, I really need some shortcuts stay layout independant, while others should correspond to a letter, rather than a physical key.

Especially the last point is important to me, and I reckon it could get a little tricky on Linux.
I'd really like to switch to Ubuntu as a main system, but I need a replacement for those tasks first.. help me

[spiderwebby]

i'm working on bodgeing together something to do the basic bits of AHK. i've found xvkbd for keyboard+mouse output.

i'm just aiming to temporarily bind the Fkeys to text strings at the moment

[degarb]

The power of autohotkey is absolutely awesome. It is a macro program that morphs into a programming language, depending on your level of obscession with fixing a problem and hole in available programs. Their forum helpfulness is even more impressive. Anyone with average intelligence can read for ten minutes and start writing complex programs, compile and distribute them.

http://akronedge.info/wintersoft are some of the one's I wrote just sitting down a month a year in winter. Then, I haven't even listed here my cd batch ripper, called swap-walk, which is no human interaction book batch ripper where cddb is done optionally at end or you just list your books.

Like all things-like Linux-, you must gain some mastery or use, to appreciate and not minimilize.

[kervin]

It would be really cool if we could run .ahk files in ubuntu..