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Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at geek-central.gen.nz
Sat May 18 21:33:54 UTC 2024


On Sat, 18 May 2024 18:41:12 +1000, Dave Amies wrote:

> I want to create a add in library for an open source test automation
> tool that will allow the automation of linux desktop apps ...

Fundamentally, what you want to do cannot be done reliably. GUI apps
are not designed to be automated.

On Linux, we do automation by providing command-line/scripting access
to the APIs. Think of the GUI as just a pretty front end on these APIs.


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