george-jensen/record-and-play-pynput

This allows you to record keyboard and mouse input, and play it back using pynput.

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Consider adding "Is this safe to use?" section in the README

For example, links to official/reputable documentation for the dependencies listed. You can also suggest that users look at the two files and see themselves.

Consider adding an example JSON file and a short description about the JSON data format in the README

If you choose to do #5, then perhaps it could be the data file for that demo.

The operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software

OS: Windows 11 Home, Version: 21H2. I cloned the repo via GitHub Desktop and got the following in VS Code:

The editor could not be opened due to an unexpected error. ...

and the following when trying to open with notepad:

The operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software

#3

Suggestions?

PyObjC Package is incompatible with Windows System.

When running the requirement.txt, I found a warning error that states that PyObjC requires macOS to build, and without the successful build of this package, I have trouble navigating the mouse click to the right location where I previously clicked on.

Consider adding a short demo video and including as a GIF in the README

Consider providing a list of alternatives in the README and why someone might choose this repo

For example, I had trouble finding other macro recorders based on pynput.

• https://github.com/RMPR/atbswp seems like a good option, but for me, it's important to be able to use an API for macros that have already been recorded (rather than relying exclusively on a GUI)
• https://github.com/taojy123/KeymouseGo (very popular, ~2k stars, but mostly in Chinese)

This repo seems straightforward, and the code seems lean, which can be a plus, especially in the context of #3.

And of course, maybe mentioning some of paid and non-open-source implementations and mentioning the benefits of it being free, open-source code.

Consider packaging on PyPI

Nice use of pynput!

flit and poetry are tools that can make it easier, and pyscaffold, and cookiecutter-pypackage are some templates that could also help out (i.e. choose one of flit, poetry, pyscaffold, or cookiecutter-pypackage). I used flit in the past and found it pretty useful. Now my go-to is PyScaffold which comes with some built-in facilities for packaging. A benefit to using PyScaffold is that documentation also gets handled pretty nicely. See https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/migration.html.

flit is probably the most straightforward option with the lowest learning curve.

Issue with mouse movement

Hi,

Seems to be issues with the mouse movement recording, not seeming to record any movements. Any reason why?

Is this also compatible with Linux?

If so, would be good to add to the README.