ydotool-rebind

A wrapper for ydotool that translates AZERTY keyboard input to QWERTY, allowing proper text input with French AZERTY keyboards.

What is this?

ydotool is a Linux keyboard/mouse automation tool that internally uses QWERTY layout regardless of your system keyboard layout. This wrapper automatically translates AZERTY input to QWERTY before passing it to ydotool.

Example:

• Input: ydotool type "Bonjour"
• Without wrapper: Types Vonjout ❌
• With wrapper: Types Bonjour ✅

Installation

git clone https://github.com/david-vct/ydotool-rebind.git
cd ydotool-rebind
sudo ./install.sh

Requirements: ydotool installed, Bash 4.0+, root access

Usage

After installation, use ydotool normally:

# Types correctly with AZERTY keyboard
ydotool type "Bonjour, ça va ?"

# Other commands work as usual
ydotool key Return
ydotool mousemove 100 100

How it works

1. Wrapper intercepts all ydotool commands
2. For type commands: translates AZERTY → QWERTY
3. Passes result to real ydotool

Supported characters

• French accents: é, è, ê, à, ù, ç
• Special characters: â, ô, û, ä, ö, ü
• Ligatures: æ, œ
• All AZERTY/QWERTY symbols

Testing

./test.sh

Uninstall

sudo ./uninstall.sh

License

MIT License - see LICENSE