https://github.com/textshell/term-keyboard-explorer

Explore keyboard responses by linux terminal implementations
https://github.com/textshell/term-keyboard-explorer

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Explore keyboard responses by linux terminal implementations

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/textshell/term-keyboard-explorer
• Owner: textshell
• Created: 2019-02-16T19:26:21.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-16T19:38:18.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-10-16T14:07:29.990Z (12 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 101 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Explorations into keyboard responses by linux terminal implementations

Requirements:

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* needs to run as root to access /dev/uinput

* needs access to the x server via DISPLAY

* python3-libevdev (libevdev in pypi)

Usage:

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This is best run in a VM, because it changes keyboard configuration and injects lots of key strokes.

Make sure neither the terminal implementation nor your window manager intercept key strokes.

Run `explorer.py` in a terminal with focus.

Example in a VM

===============

* Setup a VM with buster

* Allow graphical login as root ([possibly like this](https://economictheoryblog.com/2015/11/08/how-to-enable-gui-root-login-in-debian-8/))

* install python3-libevdev and matchbox-window-manager

* setup .xsession

```

matchbox-window-manager -use_titlebar no &

xterm -e /root/startup.sh

```

* and startup.sh

```

#! /bin/bash

echo "auto mode?"

read a

if [ "$a" = "1" ] ; then

    /path/to/term-keyboard-explorer/explorer.py

    echo finished, press any key to logout

    read b

else

    bash

fi

```

* Login as root using .xsession as X11 session script.