xdotool autotype not working on Mint 21.1

[rohdes]

I am running Mint21.1 and have been very happy with it. I was using xdotool to automatically populate data fields (via Alt+letter custom shortcuts which would then trigger running a bash script which included a call to XDOTOOL). This saved my having to enter frequently requested data fields such as phone number, email addrss, etc. For some unknown reason (probably user-error) my Mint 21.1 simply stopped and could not be restarted so I reloaded the software together with any additional software that I needed such as xdotool but now XDOTOOL will NOT give any response to the same key combinations to run bash scripts.

Can anyone suggest why? Or how to explorte further. an ecample script is ( with details made anonymous) is as follows...

bash -c " sleep 1.6 ; xdotool --clearmodifiers; xdotool type 'MyEmailAddressName@gmail.com’ "

Any assistance would be appreciated

[vimes666]

The apostrophe behind gmail.com is not an apostrophe.

[motoryzen]

The apostrophe behind gmail.com is not an apostrophe.

Then..what is it then?

Because the same exact key that has the actual quotation mark ( which on my keyboard is just left of the Enter/Return key ) ' " ( spaced for easier reading ) Last I recall that is an apostrophe which is used in grammar to make a word be listed as possessive form "

Alvin's jacket
Theodore's lunch
Simon's Glasses

[vimes666]

On my keyboard it is produced with right-alt-9.
correct one: '
wrong one: ‘