#keyd (https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd) was basically one of the biggest missing pieces for me last time I tried Linux. With it, I can map all my keys and replace application shortcuts with better defaults. Like this:

[google-chrome]
meta.[ = C-S-tab
meta.] = macro(C-tab)

[firefox-esr]
meta.] = macro(C-tab)
meta.[ = C-S-tab

That shortcut is way nicer for my hands, and I unified it everywhere. Luckily, #Ghostty has a config for this.

Sadly, somehow Debian has problems with the Wifi-Module on the #beelink. On the Pre-Installed Windows 11 it was able to get the maximum Wi-Fi speed that my router allows. With Debian I had to disable Bluetooth to get it faster than 0,5mb/s and even then it maxed at 20 mb/s.

Not sure what is going on there, but I now ordered a "known good" Wi-Fi stick. Don't want to go further into this mess than needed...it's still Linux. BUT the printer and scanner just worked 😅.

On Mac OS, I had a link to a script on the desktop. Every time I got an invoice email, I grabbed the PDF and dropped it onto the link. Then the script would get the pdf path as a parameter and did some housekeeping with it. Basically some light cleanup of the filename and moving it into the correct folder so that another script could send the stuff to my tax person once every month.

How can I get a drop target visible on my Gnome Desktop somewhere on the screen that does this?

Over a week on #Gnome and #Debian now. And I must say that I love it. Never thought that I would say this. Has it still its quirks? Yes. But way less than I thought. And Gnome + their UI framework makes the apps look so georgous now. Really impressed by the quality of all those apps. OpenSource does not need to look ugly. Seems like #libadwaita makes it really straightforward to build beautiful apps.

A big thank you to all amazing open-source contributors to that ecosystem.

@bitboxer

You do it at a lower level than GNOME.

Relevant utlities:

xev reports X events, which include pointer motions and button presses and releases.

xinput is the program to list and set input device properties. For example, if you wanted to set a scroll lock button (not the same as scroll lock on your keyboard -- this lets you hold down a button and drag the pointer and turn it into a scrolling motion), xinput is the tool.

xbindkeys associates key or mouse buttons with other actions.

And xvkbd is the X virtual keyboard; on first glance it seems odd to be using that, since it can pop up a graphical keyboard for use on tablet-style devices... but it also synthesizes X events on demand.

For example, my .xkeybindsrc file contains:

"xvkbd -text "[XF86Copy]""
m:0x0 + b:8
"xvkbd -text "[XF86Paste]""
m:0x0 + b:9

which assigns the Copy and Paste keys to my mouse buttons 8 and 9. Turns out I do it so often than having them on my mouse is a useful thing.

@Lehmanator @bitboxer

All of these programs start with X because they are, or were, X11 specific.

I understand Wayland also uses xinput, but if you are using that, you should expect not to have anything work and be surprisedly delighted when it does.