It's a program that runs in the background on Linux (This was tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), and replaces specific text with a prefix with images of your choice. It's like a custom emoji keyboard if you will.
Python 3 and some other modules. Install requirements using sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt. Make sure you have xclip too! sudo apt install xclip
Run xhost + to allow the script to connect to your Xserver, and then run nohup sudo python3 ./epicboard.py & (Use python3) after installing requirements.
You can add your emote images to the emotes folder, and add the path to the emotes.json file along with the text that triggers it. There is also a prefix variable in epicboard.py that specifies the prefix that is needed to trigger the program. The default prefix is /;. A default emote is available if you want to test it. It can be activated after running the script and then typing /;bored and then a space after that. It directly pastes the emote as an image.
Note: For some reason, pyautogui doesnt recognize uppercase characters, so the emote names and prefix are confined to lowercase chars.
You can find the process id(s) by running:
ps ax | grep epicboard.py
Then, to kill it, run:
sudo kill -9 <process id>
If you get some error with Xserver like this:
Xlib.error.DisplayConnectionError: Can't connect to display ":0": b'No protocol specified\n'
just run:
xhost +
I really wanted to customize my emojis on Desktop (esp. on WhatsApp Web), so I made this.
I'm trying my best. If you really hate it that bad, just create an Issue or Pull Request.
No. The code is open source, and is like 26 lines lmao just read through it. No keyboard data is stored.