Hello there,
I have GNOME 2.16 and I am trying to write a code where I can have a loop running that executes the following: (CTRL+ALT+LeftArrow).
This switches between workspaces.
I wanted to automate this process but unfortunately I dont have lot of commands and libraries installed (for security reasons by the owner).
Can you please tell me another way to write a shell script to automate the switching between workspaces (without using xdtool, sendkey, xsendkey, wmctrl or anything that needs to be installed)?
Sorry...but I'm not purposely trying to make this difficult but if there is a solution i'd like to know and if not then I can leave this alone.

Thanks a bunch.

Regards,

Deepak

The problem is that it is the X server that interprets the key codes sent by the keyboard. To switch workspace thus requires the keys to be sent to the X server... and you can't do that directly from a shell script. Hence the need for things like xdtool, sendkey, xsendkey, wmctrl...

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Thanks jpollard. I guess I'm bounded by my resources available to me
DP