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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion enhanced-voice-typing.py
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Expand Up @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def type_text(self, text):
"""Type the text using ydotool or xdotool"""
try:
# Try ydotool first
subprocess.run(['ydotool', '--socket-path', '/run/ydotoold/socket', 'type', text + ' '],
subprocess.run(['ydotool', 'type', '-d1', '-H1', text + ' '],
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I don't know why ydotool has changed its interface to not require a socket path param, but require an env variable. Anyway, this worked for me. I'm on 1.0.4, which I believe is the latest, in NixOS unstable.

capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
print(f"✓ {text}")
except:
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Expand Up @@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ elif [ "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE" = "x11" ]; then
fi

# Run enhanced version (with pre-buffer to capture initial words)
cd /home/jordan/voice-typing-nix
exec nix-shell shell.nix --run "python enhanced-voice-typing.py $DEFAULT_ARGS $*"
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
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I believe this is the correct way to CD into the folder that the script is running from. It looked like there might be some more comprehensive options, but this works fine for me.

YDOTOOL_SOCKET=/run/ydotoold/socket exec nix-shell shell.nix --run "python enhanced-voice-typing.py $DEFAULT_ARGS $*"
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Here's the other side of the Python code change above. It looks like there was a change in the env or param for ydotool? This environment variable matches up with one that is set in your nix service definition file.