self-driving-desktop 0.0.2

Desktop Automation Framework

self-driving-desktop

Desktop Automation framework

tested on linux/gnome3

python main.py --playlist path/to/file.txt

Development Setup

virtualenv --python python3 penv
source penv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Playlists

playlist openTerm {
  hotkeys "ctrl" "alt" "t";
  sleep 1.0;

  name_active hofTerm;
  sleep 0.5;

  hotkeys "winleft" "left";
  sleep 1;
};

playlist closeTerm {
  focus hofTerm;
  hotkeys "ctrl" "shift" "q";
  sleep 1;
};

playlist closeChrome {
  focus hofChrome;
  hotkeys "alt" "f4";
  sleep 1;
};

playlist openChrome {
  shell "google-chrome";
  sleep 2.0;

  name_active hofChrome;
  sleep 0.5;

  hotkeys "winleft" "right";
  sleep 1;
};

playlist focusTest {
  focus hofTerm;
  sleep 0.2;
  write "date\n" 0.05;

  sleep 2;

  focus hofChrome;
  sleep 0.2;
  write "https://docs.hofstadter.io\n" 0.05;
};

playlist gsDocs {
  mv 100 100 1.5;
  mv 1111 272 1;
  click;
  sleep 2;
};

playlist main {
  wspace_down;
  sleep 0.2;

  play openTerm openChrome;

  play focusTest;
  play gsDocs;

  play closeChrome closeTerm;

  sleep 2;
  wspace_up;
};

play main;

Grammar

Top-level:

• file has steps and playlists
• steps are the only thing run
• play runs a playlist

Steps:

• play name+;: run one or more playlists
• sleep x.y;: sleep for x.y seconds
• mv x y s;: move the mose to x,y in s seconds
• click;: click the left mouse button
• wspace_down;: move one workspace down
• wspace_up;: move one workspace up
• hotkeys "quoted" "keys" ...;: press some keys together
• write "quoted string\n";: type a string, "\n" is enter
• shell "quoted strings"+;: exec a command from the program
• name_active someName;: name the active window
• focus someName;: focus a named window

start: item+

item: step ";" | playlist ";"

playlist : "playlist" WORD playlist_body
playlist_body : "{" (step ";")* "}"

step : play
  | sleep
  | mv
  | wspace_down
  | wspace_up
  | hotkeys
  | write
  | shell
  | name_active
  | focus

play: "play" WORD+

name_active: "name_active" WORD
focus: "focus" WORD

sleep: "sleep" number
mv: "mv" number number number

wspace_down: "wspace_down"
wspace_up: "wspace_up"

hotkeys: "hotkeys" string+
write: "write" string number?
shell: "shell" string+


number: SIGNED_NUMBER
string: ESCAPED_STRING

COMMENT: /#[^\n]*/
WORD: LETTER+

%import common.LETTER
%import common.ESCAPED_STRING
%import common.INT
%import common.SIGNED_NUMBER
%import common.WS

%ignore COMMENT
%ignore WS