Pip Macros for Elite: Dangerous (Linux/X11)

ℹ️ if you are using Wayland, this will probably still work assuming you have xwayland installed.

About

This is a tool which will listen for Presses on certain keys (1-3 by default), and will then spam other keys (left, top and right arrow by default) as long as those keys are pressed. The "spamming" will only take place if

• the active window is Elite: Dangerous (the window name is steam_app_359320)
• the Tool is active (you can toggle this by pressing - on the numpad)

Requirements

Assumes X11 / Linux. No support for Mac / Windows / whatever.

If you want to build from source, you might need to install these packages:
libasound2-dev build-essential libxi-dev libxtst6 pkg-config xorg-dev (apt) or the equivalent for your Package Manager.

Installation

Binary

You can download the binary straight from Github and place it somewhere in $PATH.

From Source

cargo install --git https://github.com/CMDR-WDX/elite-pip-macro. Make sure ~/.cargo/bin is in your $PATH (or call it directly: ~/.cargo/bin/elite-pip-macro

See Requirements Section above in case the build fails because of system dependencies.

From AUR

Binary Install

Alternatively you can install the binary AUR package.

Paru

paru -S elite-pip-macro-bin

Yay

yay -S elite-pip-macro-bin

From source

You can also install from the AUR.

Paru

paru -S elite-pip-macro

Yay

yay -S elite-pip-macro

Note

This will compile the package from source. If you do not want to compile the program, then please use the binary provided under Releases or the binary AUR package.

Usage

by default the Macro is set up to

• Spam LeftArrow if 1 is pressed (SYS)
• Spam UpArrow if 2 is pressed (ENG)
• Spam RightArrow if 3 is pressed (WEP)

To effectively use this setup you want to unbind the UI Focus to Left, Chat, Bottom and Right Panel. I recommend rebinding in-game actions from 1, 2, 3 and 4 to F1, F2, F3 and F4 respectively.

You can also define your own inputs and outputs. See elite-pip-macro run --help for more info. To override the keys, you need to get the keycode. Use elite-pip-macro key-repl. This will print the Key and Key Code of any key you press.
Keep in mind that the Name does not neccesarily represent the Key "value". For example, if I press Y on my German keyboard, key-repl will return Pressed key KeyZ, which has Keycode "52". Keycodes define the Key Position, not the Key Value. So simply press the key you want to use and note its keycode. You can then use the run command and pass the modified configuration. If you (for whatever reason) want to Press Q to put pips to ENG, you can elite-pip-macro run --in-eng=24. Generally, --in-* is the key you have to press, while --out-* is the key that gets spammed.