compenguy / clicker

Linux+X Windows automatic keyboard and mouse clicker

clicker

Linux+X Windows automatic keyboard and mouse clicker

clicker waits in a loop until numlock is active, at which point it will repeatedly press the specified key(s) at the specified interval(s) until suspended (by toggling numlock) or terminated (<ctrl+c> will do).

There's usually a short delay, up to 1 second, after pressing numlock before the clicking stops/starts. This is because numlock is only polled once per second, in order to minimize wakeups and be battery friendly while not clicking.

usage

Running clicker with no additional options causes it to click the primary mouse button ~20/sec while numlock is enabled.

To disable mouse clicking entirely, pass the -c 0 option.

  clicker [OPTION?] - sends input signals to currently active window in an X session

Help Options:
  -h, --help                      Show help options

Application Options:
  -x, --x11-display=NAME          The X11 display to send the input to. Default: DISPLAY env var
  -d, --delay=N                   Delay in msecs before sending any input events. Default: 250
  -m, --mouseclick=N              Click mouse button N at regular intervals. Default: 1
  -c, --mouseclick-interval=N     Delay in msecs between mouse button clicks. Default: 50, 0: disable
  -k, --keypress=KEY              Press key with the X11 name of KEY at regular intervals. Default: none
  -p, --keypress-interval=N       Delay in msecs between key presses. Default: 1000, 0: disable

how to build

Prerequisites:

• gcc
• pkg-config
• the following pkg-config packages:
  • x11 (libx11-dev)
  • xtst (libxtst-dev)
  • xext (libxext-dev)
  • glib-2.0 (libglib2.0-dev)

Run make clicker.release

809e5b6 (Minor README reformatting)

Copy clicker.release anywhere you want - ~/, /usr/local/bin, etc. You'll probably want to rename it as just clicker, though.