[Feature request] Specifying pauses in macros

[IanDavey]

Suppose I want to switch to Chrome and open Gmail, and have a key combo Ctrl+Win+Alt+C assigned externally to do the first part. To assign such a macro to G1, I might do:

echo macro g1:+lctrl,+lwin,+lalt,+c,-c,-lalt,-lwin,+t,-t,-lctrl,+g,-g,+m,-m,+enter,-enter > /dev/input/ckb1/cmd

The problem here is that the macro happens so fast either the OS application switcher or the external program handling the switch-to-Chrome shortcut can't keep up, and I end up with a Ctrl+T,G,M entered into my previous application.

Could there be a way to signal a brief pause in the macro command? Such as the following (measured in ms):

echo macro g1:+lctrl,+lwin,+lalt,+c,-c,-lalt,-lwin,pause(500),+t,-t,-lctrl,+g,-g,+m,-m,+enter,-enter > /dev/input/ckb1/cmd

[stephenhouser]

Would the work in this fork satisfy the delay feature you are looking for?

https://github.com/stephenhouser/ckb

Assuming the 500 was 500milliseconds, you would do what you wanted with:

echo macro g1:+lctrl,+lwin,+lalt,+c,-c,-lalt,-lwin=500000,+t,-t,-lctrl,+g,-g,+m,-m,+enter,-enter > /dev/input/ckb1/cmd

I have only compiled and packaged an OS X version. Will be looking at Linux if this fork seems to work for people.

[IanDavey]

Yep - looking forward to it!

[stephenhouser]

I've still got to issue a pull request. Not quite closed yet :-)