easymacros/README.md

# easymacros

This program is inspired by xmacro, however it isn't xmacro.

Note: This program is for personal use. I will modify it as I deem necessary, but feel free to open issues for suggestions or bug reports. Contributions are welcome! 

## TODOs

- [ ] Playing macros (xmacro like)
  - [x] Delay support
  - [x] KeySym/KeyCode/KeyStr action support
  - [x] MotionNotify and button support
  - [ ] String typing support (Not too high priority, but I'll add it some time probably)
  - [ ] ExecBlock/ExecNoBlock support (not high priority)
- [x] Recording macros (xmacro like)
  - [x] Delay
  - [x] Keyboard actions
  - [x] Mouse actions

## Ideas

I may or may not do these, but they sound fun to implement to me!

- [ ] additional macro features
  - [ ] relative cursor movements
  - [ ] screenshotting whole/parts ot the screen (using external programs)
- [ ] Macro daemon kind of thing to listen in the background for keyboard shortcuts?
  - [ ] the daemon itself
  - [ ] config file
  - [ ] rofi integration
  - [ ] dmenu integration
  - [ ] custom macro manager
- [ ] macro language?
  - [ ] Sending keys
  - [ ] mouse movements/events
  - [ ] control flow stuff/math/just normal scripting language stuff
  - [ ] reading/writing to clipboard
  - [ ] calling/recording other macros
  - [ ] running commands
- [ ] GUI Macro editor which is actually user friendly

## Platform support

- [x] Linux x11 (only tested on i3wm)
- [ ] Linux Wayland (makes heavy use of X apis, I will only do this if I myself switch to Wayland. I'm open to suggestions how to do it though!)
- [ ] MacOS (Might work because of XQuartz?)
- [ ] Windows (Yeah, I'm not doing that myself. Unless I have to use Windows for anything.)

## Installation

Currently only manually possible via `cargo build --release` and then moving the result into your $PATH.
Initial commit 2022-06-07 06:05:22 +00:00			`# easymacros`
what 2022-06-11 22:50:02 +00:00
"doesnt use x directly" proceeds to use x directly 2022-06-14 16:31:28 +00:00			`This program is inspired by xmacro, however it isn't xmacro.`
added basic xmacro support! now can record macros! 2022-06-15 10:50:44 +00:00
Just wrote down some ideas, none of thesse are actual announcements or anything. 2022-06-15 11:45:37 +00:00			`Note: This program is for personal use. I will modify it as I deem necessary, but feel free to open issues for suggestions or bug reports. Contributions are welcome!`

added basic xmacro support! now can record macros! 2022-06-15 10:50:44 +00:00			`## TODOs`

Just wrote down some ideas, none of thesse are actual announcements or anything. 2022-06-15 11:45:37 +00:00			`- [ ] Playing macros (xmacro like)`
added basic xmacro support! now can record macros! 2022-06-15 10:50:44 +00:00			`- [x] Delay support`
			`- [x] KeySym/KeyCode/KeyStr action support`
			`- [x] MotionNotify and button support`
Just wrote down some ideas, none of thesse are actual announcements or anything. 2022-06-15 11:45:37 +00:00			`- [ ] String typing support (Not too high priority, but I'll add it some time probably)`
			`- [ ] ExecBlock/ExecNoBlock support (not high priority)`
updated TODOs 2022-06-30 07:46:21 +00:00			`- [x] Recording macros (xmacro like)`
			`- [x] Delay`
			`- [x] Keyboard actions`
			`- [x] Mouse actions`
Just wrote down some ideas, none of thesse are actual announcements or anything. 2022-06-15 11:45:37 +00:00
			`## Ideas`

			`I may or may not do these, but they sound fun to implement to me!`

			`- [ ] additional macro features`
fixed list formatting added todo checkboxes 2022-06-15 12:24:13 +00:00			`- [ ] relative cursor movements`
			`- [ ] screenshotting whole/parts ot the screen (using external programs)`
Just wrote down some ideas, none of thesse are actual announcements or anything. 2022-06-15 11:45:37 +00:00			`- [ ] Macro daemon kind of thing to listen in the background for keyboard shortcuts?`
			`- [ ] the daemon itself`
			`- [ ] config file`
			`- [ ] rofi integration`
			`- [ ] dmenu integration`
			`- [ ] custom macro manager`
			`- [ ] macro language?`
			`- [ ] Sending keys`
			`- [ ] mouse movements/events`
			`- [ ] control flow stuff/math/just normal scripting language stuff`
			`- [ ] reading/writing to clipboard`
			`- [ ] calling/recording other macros`
			`- [ ] running commands`
			`- [ ] GUI Macro editor which is actually user friendly`

			`## Platform support`

			`- [x] Linux x11 (only tested on i3wm)`
			`- [ ] Linux Wayland (makes heavy use of X apis, I will only do this if I myself switch to Wayland. I'm open to suggestions how to do it though!)`
			`- [ ] MacOS (Might work because of XQuartz?)`
formatted with cargo, cleaned up imports and dependencies. 2022-06-15 12:06:27 +00:00			`- [ ] Windows (Yeah, I'm not doing that myself. Unless I have to use Windows for anything.)`

			`## Installation`

fixed list formatting added todo checkboxes 2022-06-15 12:24:13 +00:00			Currently only manually possible via `cargo build --release` and then moving the result into your $PATH.