qjoypad

I use qjoypad (https://github.com/panzi/qjoypad) to configure each shift to a single number press. So for example shifting into 2nd gear sends a single "2" key press to Linux. After that, I usual xbindkeys & emacs to configure more complex bindings. So for example "WindowsKey + n" is configured to go into workspace n. Or "CapsLock + 8" is binded to close the current tab I'm on.

> XCB (a clean X11 equivalent binary protocol for Xorg that, iirc libX11 is now built on top of) I thought XCB implements the same protocol but provides another (more modern) API. Am I mistaken? I never wrote code using libx11 or libxcb. Well, not 100% true, I forked and improved a tiny project that touches X11 at two small points. Doesn't really count. I don't get any understanding of X11/XCB from that: https://github.com/panzi/qjoypad/blob/88ee6c1ed82999febc64b9... https://github.com/panzi/qjoypad/blob/88ee6c1ed82999febc64b9...

Which is a good thing. It lets you do automation on GUI tools that otherwise don't support automation (xdotool). It's something I hope Wayland and MIR will support. Of course there should probably be some kind of permissions system. E.g. you need to start a process in a special way so it can do these things or there is some kind of white list of programs that are allowed to do this. Oh and another application: Mapping a gamepad to keyboard and mouse for games that don't otherwise support gamepads. (See http://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/ and my fork with additional features https://github.com/panzi/qjoypad)