Every time now and then we want to automate tasks. Sometimes it is just a repetitive task and sometimes we want to do a complex task without having to remember each particular step. If the task is not general enough (say – applies to a single workflow) it does not have specialised GUI. On the other hand if one of steps involve GUI it cannot be done from commandline (shell script) alone.
Currently various desktop environments provides their own scripting methods (PowerShell, AppleScript, KJSEmbed. It might be good to look if it fits GNOME as well.
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