xdotool changes all symbols to numbers or other characters

[scan...@gmail.com]

I am trying to insert a link through xdotoll type but in stead of 

https://www.sample.com/sales/search?facet=T&facet.T=45259587&facet.T=44143327&facet.T=25866782& i get:
https;//www.sample.com/sales/search/facet=t7facet.t=452595877facet.t=441433277facet.t=258667827

what can I do to make it work right?

[Anthony Thyssen]

I use xdotool to type text into many different applications, XTerms,  Web Browsers,  Notepads,  Minecraft, etc etc etc.

I have never seen this.

However I don't simply type the text but use a small script to ensure any shift, ctrl, alt, meta keys are all released first BEFORE trying to type the string.

Specifically have a script called keyboard_macro  which takes a arguement of the string to type, or '-' to type the string given via stdin

Script is available at   http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/software/#keyboard_macro

And was developed from a long process where I explored useing keyboard macros from Window Manager Menus and Hotkeys

The details of that development is in  http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/info/X/event_handling.txt

Specifically the script does...

   xdotool keyup Super_L  keyup Control_L   keyup Alt_L   keyup v

 Then if typing from a stdin it runs...

   xdotool type --clearmodifiers -delay 10 --file -

Or from a string argument "$1" (whcih is also given to xdotool as STDIN)

   xdotool type --clearmodifiers -delay 10 --file - <<< "$1"

After that I can optionally add a return key

   xdotool key Return

I used to use something like...

   

   xdotool sleep 0.5 type -delay 0 "$1"

But it seemed to have problems with some unusual characters.

The script also has a switch to use the "xte" command from the "xautomation" package whcih can also inject keyboard events into the X window input stream.

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