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diff --git a/accessibility/ydotool/ydotoold.8 b/accessibility/ydotool/ydotoold.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..16e56481f2b7f --- /dev/null +++ b/accessibility/ydotool/ydotoold.8 @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.\" Generated by scdoc 1.11.1 +.\" Complete documentation for this program is not available as a GNU info page +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.nh +.ad l +.\" Begin generated content: +.TH "ydotoold" "8" "2022-02-01" +.P +.SH NAME +.P +ydotoold - daemon for \fBydotool\fR(1) +.P +.SH SYNOPSIS +.P +\fBydotoold\fR +.P +.SH DESCRIPTION +.P +\fBydotool\fR lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate +keyboard input and mouse activity, etc.\& It does this by writing +directly to \fB/dev/uinput\fR so it generally needs to run as root.\& +.P +When \fBydotool\fR(1) runs and creates a virtual input device, it will take some time for your graphical environment (eg X11/Wayland) to recognize and enable the virtual input device.\& (Usually done by udev) +.P +If the delay is too short, the virtual input device may not be recognized & enabled by the graphical environment in time.\& +.P +In order to solve this problem, the \fBydotoold\fR background service holds a persistent virtual device, and accepts input from \fBydotool\fR(1).\& When \fBydotoold\fR(1) is unavailable, \fBydotool\fR(1) will work without it.\& +.P +.SH AUTHOR +.P +\fBydotool\fR(1) and \fBydotoold\fR(8) were written by ReimuNotMoe.\& +.P +This man page by bob.\&hepple@gmail.\&com +.P +.SH COPYRIGHT +.P +MIT License +.P +.SH SEE ALSO +.P +\fBydotool\fR(1) +.P +Project site: <https://github.\&com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool> |