Use AutoKey to open the terminal locally

Manuel Oliveira

1/11/23, 11:28 AM

I have just recently installed Autokey.

The first thing I would like to do if to create a shortcut for openning the terminal in a folder.

By hand this is achieved with Shift + F10 + E.

In autokey I have the following script:

keyboard.press_key('<shift>')
keyboard.press_key('<f10>')
keyboard.release_key('<f10>')
keyboard.release_key('<shift>')
keyboard.press_key('<e>')
keyboard.release_key('<e>')

But this is not working. I would appreciate some help!

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CrazyTux

1/11/23, 11:59 AM

Does this answer your question? [Keyboard shortcut for "open a terminal here"](https://askubuntu.com/questions/68078/keyboard-shortcut-for-open-a-terminal-here)

Manuel Oliveira

1/11/23, 2:41 PM

Thanks for the information, but I would like to do this with autokey

vanadium

1/13/23, 11:07 AM

Any good reason why you want to go the less direct and thus less reliable way of an Autokey macro? Beware that, for Shift+F10 to work, a folder must be selected.

Gounou

1/13/23, 1:58 PM

Try changing `'<e>'` for `'e'`. Also in AutoKey go to Settings and check Show log view. Did you set a Hotkey for the shortcut? If so use the Hotkey and check the log. Running your script (with `'e'`) I had the following error : `RuntimeError: release unlocked lock`. If I use `<e>` the log also show `Unknown key name <e>`. You can try keyboard remapping with `My Phrases`. For example : I use the <home> key (Hotkey) to select all. For this I write `<ctrl>+a` in the edit box. Try <shift>+<f10>+e. I've tested the version 0.96.0-beta.9 (actual release is 0.95.10).Your script doesn't work here too.

Manuel Oliveira

1/14/23, 8:01 AM

I was able to do it with `keyboard.send_keys('<menu> + e')`. Would you be so kind as to also try it on your side?

Gounou

1/16/23, 10:38 PM

In my Ubuntu 21.04 Gnome the shortcut to open a terminal here is `<menu>+t`. I try with `send_keys <menu>+t` but it doesn't work. In Ubuntu 19.10 Gnome the shortcut is `menu +e` but I can't install AutoKey (it's on VirtualBox and the installation is broken). I had the same error `RuntimeError: release unlocked lock` with `send_keys` on Linux Mint 20.02.

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EN: Use AutoKey to open the terminal locally

TH: ใช้ AutoKey เพื่อเปิดเทอร์มินัลในเครื่อง

RO: Utilizați AutoKey pentru a deschide terminalul local

RU: Используйте AutoKey, чтобы открыть терминал локально

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