Issue repeating a sequence of output keys with virtual key

[Kalessan]

Hello,

I have a usecase where I need to execute a sequence indefinitely until a key is pressed. I have no issue having a virtual key do that for a single output key. But as soon as I have a virtual key output several keys, it only plays the sequence once

Working:

ButtonForward >> Virtual1
Virtual1 >> B

Outputs: bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb...

Not Working:

ButtonForward >> Virtual1
Virtual1 >> B C

Outputs: bc

I've also tried using repeat, but it can only repeat it a set amount of time, and can't be interrupted

ButtonForward >> Virtual1
Virtual1 >> repeat[B C, 10]

Outputs: bcbcbcbcbcbcbcbcbcbc

The above were just simple examples. My actual usecase would be to have the arrowUp key pressed for 4 sec, then released for 250ms and pressed again for 4 sec, and so on, indefinitely, with the ability to break the loop with a specific key (ideally, the one used to trigger the sequence in the first place).

I first had this in mind:

ButtonForward{500ms} >> Virtual2
Virtual2 >> ArrowUp{4000ms} 250ms
Virtual2 ButtonForward >> !Virtual2

But as expected, it only triggers the sequence once

I've also tried with several virtual keys calling each other back, and it did looped the sequence, but also blocked every other imput, and leaving me with no choice but to shutdown keymapper with Shift + Escape + K

Is that kind of behaviour achievable in the current version of keymapper, or would it need being implemented first?
If it matters, I'm on Linux Mint, with X11

[houmain]

Hi, keymapperctl is intended for more complex use cases like this one.
This should do what you after:

ArrowUp-held = Virtual
ArrowUp-held >> ArrowUp

ArrowUp-seq = Virtual
ArrowUp-seq{ButtonForward} >> !ArrowUp-seq $(keymapperctl --instance ArrowUp) !ArrowUp-held
ButtonForward >> ArrowUp-seq $(keymapperctl --instance ArrowUp --press ArrowUp-held --wait 4000 --release ArrowUp-held --wait 500 --restart)

I hope it is self-explanatory. Otherwise I can explain it.

[kbilsted]

@Kalessan what is the usecase? it sounds like an interesting use case. Or is it just you are using a really long password? 🦖

[Kalessan]

Thanks @houmain, it worked like a charm.
And my usecase is some kind of auto-walk in a game, but in a context where the speed is decreasing over-time, and reseted to max when you stop for a bit.