AUTOKEY-QT(1)

📦 version 0.96.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 AUTOKEY-QT — bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the manual page for autokey-qt, which is the keyboard automation utility for KDE and QT ✨ it's the QT-flavored sibling in the AutoKey family and it is so iconic, iykyk.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

autokey-qt [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ngl this page is a lil baby manual — it only briefly documents the autokey-qt command, so don't come here expecting a whole novel. 🙈

but here's the tea: AutoKey is a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11. it literally lets you automate virtually any task by responding to typed abbreviations and hotkeys. the way that it just handles stuff for you?? main character energy fr fr. 👑

and it's giving range, because it serves two totally different audiences at once:

  • a full-featured GUI that makes it super accessible for novices (hi, that's you bestie 🫶)
  • a scripting interface that offers the full flexibility and power of the Python language (for when you wanna go feral 🔥)

want more? the online wiki lives at:

https://github.com/autokey/autokey/wiki

go read it, it's a whole thing 💜

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

so this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, and that means long options start with two dashes (-). a summary of the options is included below — and yes, there are only three, it's a low-key menu and honestly? we love a short list. ⭐

  • --help — shows a summary of the options. your classic "wait what does this do again" button. ✨
  • -l, --verbose — enables verbose (debug) logging. turn this on when you need to see everything going on under the hood. 🔍
  • -c, --configure — shows the configuration window on startup, even if this is not the first run. so even if you've already been through setup, this drags the config window back out. 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

AutoKey was written by Chris Dekter, loosely based on a script by Sam Peterson. shoutout to the founding girlies of automation. 🌈

this manual page was written by Chris Dekter <cdekter@gmail.com>. 💌

🎀 cute lil sign-off: this whole thing came from the AUTOKEY-QT(1) page — General Commands Manual — and it's dated August 19, 2009. vintage. iconic. a relic that still slays. periodt. 💖🦋🌸
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