Has anybody used Opera in kiosk mode on an embedded system? We're looking at doing so, with X. But we need our application to control Opera by sending it URLs and mouse moves/clicks. Where can we get information on how to do that? I assume it's an X thing.
Why don't you ask Opera support?
Anyway, to generate X keyboard/mouse events, use the xlib XSendEvent function.
According to Alex Pavloff :
For sending X keyboard/mouse events, you may also want to investigate use of the Xtst extension, and its corresponding functions (XTestFakeKeyEvent(), etc.). These functions are usually preferred over XSendEvent() since some applications are too smart for their own good and don't respond well to XSendEvent() events.
Here's an excellent page explaining the issue:
Controlling Opera, however, is probably beyond the scope of simulating keyboard/mouse events. You'll definately want to check into some Opera-supported means of remote-controlling the browser.
David
Hey, that'll help me too. Thanks!
According to Kevin D. Quitt :
Hmm, I'm not sure if there's a good book covering modern X topics. Back in the day, the definitive reference was the set of O'Reilly books about X, such as this one which was written back in 1992:
Volume 1: Xlib Programming Manual
This Xlib book is probably the most practical book of the series. The "Volume 0: X Protocol Reference Manual" book is probably still relevant, but probably not useful to most folks since programmers seldom interact directly with X Protocol. The books about X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) and Motif are probably not terribly relevant these days, especially for embedded developers.
There may very well be some good books out there on modern X topics such as video, fancy extensions (like Xtst), etc., but I've had to learn about these things from materials available on the Internet.
David
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required