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1 year agoFun fact: Every Windows command line command actually just spams xdotool
through the X11
server on WSL
in order to do the equivalent action through the Windows GUI.
Fun fact: Every Windows command line command actually just spams xdotool
through the X11
server on WSL
in order to do the equivalent action through the Windows GUI.
Oh. Funny. I was actually wondering when I posted this if anyone would take me seriously—
Though I was imagining my abusers pretending to take it seriously in bad faith in order to hurt my credibility, and then how I would then have to explain myself to well-meaning people who might just be less familiar with the Linux-side systems I mentioned.I was joking. Saying
cmd.exe
usesWSL→X11→xdotool→GUI
to operate is a bit like saying “Every Toyota is secretly powered by a tiny little Honda with a tiny little man driving on a treadmill that’s connected to the wheels under the hood”. (xdotool
is basically just a keyboard and mouse macro thing— So maybe you can imagine how silly it would be if you typed incd
orls
/dir
or whatever and it just took over control of your mouse and clicked on the “File Explorer” from the “Start Menu”.) It would be such an absurd and Frankensteinian design that I find the thought of it intrinsically funny.Sorry for the misunderstanding.