>If, for example, “shift” is held when it’s typing, letters will be capitalised This applies regardless of whether Shift was part of the hotkey or not. ie in y

>If, for example, “shift” is held when it’s typing, letters will be capitalised This applies regardless of whether Shift was part of the hotkey or not. ie in your case where the hotkey is Ctrl-F8, if Shift is held down while you press Ctrl-F8, then the xdotool spawned by hk will end up typing uppercase.