lipnotic/sikuli-type_alt

This simple sikuli module (python based) was wrote to allow "typing" on Sikuli. There are some situations we need to type a text eg. (type-and-search fields) So instead of using type() (which returns a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException ( java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Key: Not supported character), you should use type_alt() function.

sikuli-type_alt's Issues

CoWorker invitation accepted

LOL, sent the answer to noreply@... - so here it is:

Thanks for your work and documentation. I accepted your invitation.

Meanwhile I have revised the Java implementation at least for Windows and the case, that the given character is not found on the current keyboard layout.

But the key-point is, that you must encode the text to type as Unicode: type(u”….“) or with the string encoding method. I guess I have to implement this already on the Python level.

Until now with my German keyboard type(“ä”) does not work, but type(u”ä”) works (on Windows).
The revision in case of not found internally issues the respective ALT-NumPad sequence.

Will be available with the next snapshot.

I will check your module and decide later how I can add it to SikuliX.

Another option, that I will check, is to have an option to select a keyboard-layout with type().

All the best
Raimund

dict_alt has some problems

I made some tests with the dict_alt.

• most of the 3-digit entries do not produce the given character when using ALT-NumPad on a real keyboard.
  Whereas the 4-digit entries seem to work correctly.

|dict-char| (ALT-digits) |character produced with type(ALT...) or keyboard|
|√| (251) |¹|
|∞| (236) |ý|
|⌠| (244) |¶|
|⌡| (245) |§|
|Ω| (234) |Û|
|∩| (239) |´|
|≈| (247) |¸|
|≡| (240) |­|
|≤| (243) |¾|
|≥| (242) |‗|
|ⁿ| (252) |³|
|Γ| (226) |Ô|
|Θ| (233) |Ú|
|■| (254) |■|
| | (255) | |
|Σ| (228) |õ|
|Φ| (232) |Þ|
|°| (248) |°|
|α| (224) |Ó|
|±| (241) |±|
|δ| (235) |Ù|
|µ| (230) |µ|
|ε| (238) |¯|
|π| (227) |Ò|
|σ| (229) |Õ|
|τ| (231) |þ|
|φ| (237) |Ý|

• ... and 3 of them also have a 4-digit entry (e.g. ß) (only keep the 4-digit entries)

• these 2 entries have a problem:

u""":"0147",
u""":"0148",

when using the ALT-4digit one gets different apostrophs (seems to be a GitHub/Web problem).
This leads to problems with the dictionary, when downloading the stuff from GitHub.