Keyboard macros for X and/or KDE

Question

I'm looking for a utility to record and playback keyboard macros in X applications (KDE specifically). I've tried xmacrorec and xmacroplay, but after running them, my mouse and keyboard does not respond properly (i.e. the left mouse button gets stuck in a "clicked" state) and I have to restart X.

Are the any modern alternatives that work under KDE 4.5 and openSUSE 11.3?

Answer 1

KDE has a program called KHotkey. It's hard to find in the OS, slow and hard to set up and test macros... but it works well once you get the macros working. I used it for years but once I tried Autokey I dumped it.

Both work system wide. Autokey is written in python and you can add python scripts to your macro with no problem. There is an Autokey discussion group.

If you use any version of Ubuntu, you can install from this Autokey PPA, instructions on how to do the install are on the web page.

Make sure you install vs 0.71.1 or later. Earlier versions have problems with using the shift key to create hotkeys.