tools: add little program to emit fake webcam button events

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/test-webcam-button.c b/tools/test-webcam-button.c
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+/* emit foo webcam button event */
+/* gcc -o test-webcam-button test-webcam-button.c -lX11 -lXtst */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <X11/extensions/XTest.h>
+#include <X11/XF86keysym.h>
+
+int main (void)
+{
+  Display *dpy;
+  dpy = XOpenDisplay (NULL);
+
+  printf ("Emitting fake Webcam button press in 2 seconds...\n");
+  printf ("Focus Cheese window to make it receive the event\n");
+
+  XTestFakeKeyEvent (dpy, XKeysymToKeycode(dpy, XF86XK_WebCam), True, 2000);
+  XTestFakeKeyEvent (dpy, XKeysymToKeycode(dpy, XF86XK_WebCam), False, CurrentTime);
+
+  XCloseDisplay (dpy);
+}