<s>
AutoKey	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
scripting	O
application	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoKey	B-Language
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
define	O
hotkeys	O
and	O
trigger	O
phrases	O
which	O
expand	O
to	O
predefined	O
text	O
,	O
automating	O
frequent	O
or	O
repetitive	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
correcting	O
typographical	O
errors	O
or	O
common	O
spelling	O
mistakes	O
and	O
inserting	O
boiler	O
plate	O
sections	O
of	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotkeys	O
,	O
and	O
trigger	O
phrases	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
run	O
scripts	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
full	O
power	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
to	O
perform	O
actions	O
which	O
can	O
generate	O
window	O
,	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
mouse	O
events	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
AutoKey	B-Language
scripts	O
to	O
cause	O
these	O
applications	O
to	O
perform	O
almost	O
any	O
sequence	O
of	O
actions	O
a	O
user	O
could	O
manually	O
make	O
them	O
do	O
-	O
at	O
the	O
press	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
hotkey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
AutoKey	B-Language
scripts	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
full	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
they	O
can	O
also	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
whole	O
system	O
to	O
perform	O
tasks	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
difficult	O
for	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
do	O
manually	O
such	O
as	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
files	O
,	O
retrieving	O
system	O
status	O
information	O
,	O
or	O
performing	O
calculations	O
and	O
making	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Chris	O
Dekter	O
wrote	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
AutoKey	B-Language
in	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
,	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoKey	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
available	O
in	O
packaged	O
form	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
Debian	O
,	O
Arch	O
,	O
Gentoo	O
,	O
and	O
Fedora	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
derivative	O
distributions	O
such	O
as	O
Ubuntu	O
,	O
Mint	O
,	O
and	O
Manjaro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPLv3	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
