GIMP Version: 2.8.10
Operating System: Linux
OS Version: Mint KDE 17.3 (based on Ubuntu 14)
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
xdotool

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I'm trying to automate some tedious processes with GIMP on Linux using xdotool, but the keypresses xdotool sends aren't being acknowledged by GIMP. I've made a bash script that I've bound to a keystroke.

Here's a simple script that I've been using to test for basic functionality:


This script works in other programs I've tried it in (pushes "r" key), but not in GIMP. In GIMP, the script is called (the file "test.txt" is created), but the keystroke is not acknowledged.

I suspect that this is because xdotool sends synthetic keystrokes and GIMP, for whatever reason, doesn't acknowledge synthetic keystrokes.

Can anyone confirm this or provide a workaround?