mzsade wrote:Nothing happens when i click in the fields after calling the script in the terminal...
xinput --query-state 8 returns the following on my end:
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administrator@main-desktop:~$ xinput --query-state 8
1 class :
KeyClass
key[0]=up
key[1]=up
key[2]=up
key[3]=up
key[4]=up
key[5]=up
key[6]=up
key[7]=up
key[8]=up
key[9]=up
key[10]=up
key[11]=up
key[12]=up
key[13]=up
key[14]=up
key[15]=up
key[16]=up
key[17]=up
key[18]=up
key[19]=up
key[20]=up
key[21]=up
key[22]=up
key[23]=up
key[24]=up
key[25]=up
key[26]=up
key[27]=up
key[28]=up
key[29]=up
key[30]=up
key[31]=up
key[32]=up
key[33]=up
key[34]=up
key[35]=up
key[36]=up
key[37]=up
key[38]=up
key[39]=up
key[40]=up
key[41]=up
key[42]=up
key[43]=up
key[44]=up
key[45]=up
key[46]=up
key[47]=up
key[48]=up
key[49]=up
key[50]=up
key[51]=up
key[52]=up
key[53]=up
key[54]=up
key[55]=up
key[56]=up
key[57]=up
key[58]=up
key[59]=up
key[60]=up
key[61]=up
key[62]=up
key[63]=up
key[64]=up
key[65]=up
key[66]=up
key[67]=up
key[68]=up
key[69]=up
key[70]=up
key[71]=up
key[72]=up
key[73]=up
key[74]=up
key[75]=up
key[76]=up
key[77]=up
key[78]=up
key[79]=up
key[80]=up
key[81]=up
key[82]=up
key[83]=up
key[84]=up
key[85]=up
key[86]=up
key[87]=up
key[88]=up
key[89]=up
key[90]=up
key[91]=up
key[92]=up
key[93]=up
key[94]=up
key[95]=up
key[96]=up
key[97]=up
key[98]=up
key[99]=up
key[100]=up
key[101]=up
key[102]=up
key[103]=up
key[104]=up
key[105]=up
key[106]=up
key[107]=up
key[108]=up
key[109]=up
key[110]=up
key[111]=up
key[112]=up
key[113]=up
key[114]=up
key[115]=up
key[116]=up
key[117]=up
key[118]=up
key[119]=up
key[120]=up
key[121]=up
key[122]=up
key[123]=up
key[124]=up
key[125]=up
key[126]=up
key[127]=up
key[128]=up
key[129]=up
key[130]=up
key[131]=up
key[132]=up
key[133]=up
key[134]=up
key[135]=up
key[136]=up
key[137]=up
key[138]=up
key[139]=up
key[140]=up
key[141]=up
key[142]=up
key[143]=up
key[144]=up
key[145]=up
key[146]=up
key[147]=up
key[148]=up
key[149]=up
key[150]=up
key[151]=up
key[152]=up
key[153]=up
key[154]=up
key[155]=up
key[156]=up
key[157]=up
key[158]=up
key[159]=up
key[160]=up
key[161]=up
key[162]=up
key[163]=up
key[164]=up
key[165]=up
key[166]=up
key[167]=up
key[168]=up
key[169]=up
key[170]=up
key[171]=up
key[172]=up
key[173]=up
key[174]=up
key[175]=up
key[176]=up
key[177]=up
key[178]=up
key[179]=up
key[180]=up
key[181]=up
key[182]=up
key[183]=up
key[184]=up
key[185]=up
key[186]=up
key[187]=up
key[188]=up
key[189]=up
key[190]=up
key[191]=up
key[192]=up
key[193]=up
key[194]=up
key[195]=up
key[196]=up
key[197]=up
key[198]=up
key[199]=up
key[200]=up
key[201]=up
key[202]=up
key[203]=up
key[204]=up
key[205]=up
key[206]=up
key[207]=up
key[208]=up
key[209]=up
key[210]=up
key[211]=up
key[212]=up
key[213]=up
key[214]=up
key[215]=up
key[216]=up
key[217]=up
key[218]=up
key[219]=up
key[220]=up
key[221]=up
key[222]=up
key[223]=up
key[224]=up
key[225]=up
key[226]=up
key[227]=up
key[228]=up
key[229]=up
key[230]=up
key[231]=up
key[232]=up
key[233]=up
key[234]=up
key[235]=up
key[236]=up
key[237]=up
key[238]=up
key[239]=up
key[240]=up
key[241]=up
key[242]=up
key[243]=up
key[244]=up
key[245]=up
key[246]=up
key[247]=up
As you see in the output, all you get are
key[...]=up. No amount of grepping
'button\[1\]=d' will ever return any result
(and even if it does find a match, it still won't work -- more on this below). Hence the inline code between
{...} gets skipped and it will just loop forever until you interrupt it.
If you're supposed to be monitoring button presses on your mouse, and I suspect this is the case, find the correct device id first:
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administrator@main-desktop:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
Device id is 11, on my end.
xinput --query-state 11 does return something more meaningful:
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administrator@main-desktop:~$ xinput --query-state 11
2 classes :
ButtonClass
button[1]=down
button[2]=up
button[3]=up
button[4]=up
button[5]=up
button[6]=up
button[7]=up
button[8]=up
button[9]=up
button[10]=up
button[11]=up
button[12]=up
button[13]=up
ValuatorClass Mode=Relative Proximity=In
valuator[0]=832
valuator[1]=733
valuator[2]=0
valuator[3]=-3127
I held the left mouse button down when I entered the command above, hence
button[1]=down.
Another thing:
grep 'button\[1\]=d'
The escape character is unnecessary if you're using quotes. You'll only introduce a logical bug in your code.
'button[1]=d' or
"button[1]=d" will suffice:
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administrator@main-desktop:~$ echo button\[1\]=d
button[1]=d
administrator@main-desktop:~$ echo "button\[1\]=d"
button\[1\]=d
administrator@main-desktop:~$ echo 'button\[1\]=d'
button\[1\]=d
administrator@main-desktop:~$ echo "button[1]=d"
button[1]=d
administrator@main-desktop:~$ echo 'button[1]=d'
button[1]=d
