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From: Vernon Mauery <vernon@mauery.com>
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Mister Google wrote:
> Is there a way to simulate a keystroke to a program, ie. have a program
> send it something so that as far as it's concerned, say, the "P" key has
> been pressed?
> 
Look at the input system.  Documentation/input/input-programming.txt has a great tutorial on how to do this.  

--Vernon