diff --git a/app/scripts/comp/auto-type/emitter-impl/auto-type-emitter-impl-linux.js b/app/scripts/comp/auto-type/emitter-impl/auto-type-emitter-impl-linux.js
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+'use strict';
+
+var Launcher = require('../../launcher');
+
+// https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/x11proto/plain/keysymdef.h
+var KeyMap = {
+    tab: '0xff89', enter: '0xff8d', space: '0xff80',
+    up: '0xff97', down: '0xff99', left: '0xff96', right: '0xff98', home: '0xff95', end: '0xff9c', pgup: '0xff9a', pgdn: '0xff9b',
+    ins: '0xff9e', del: '0xffff', bs: '0xff08', esc: '0xff1b',
+    win: '0xffe7', rwin: '0xffe8',
+    f1: '0xffbe', f2: '0xffbf', f3: '0xffc0', f4: '0xffc1', f5: '0xffc2', f6: '0xffc3', f7: '0xffc4', f8: '0xffc5', f9: '0xffc6',
+    f10: '0xffc7', f11: '0xffc8', f12: '0xffc9', f13: '0xffca', f14: '0xffcb', f15: '0xffcc', f16: '0xffcd',
+    add: '0xffab', subtract: '0xffad', multiply: '0xffaa', divide: '0xffaf',
+    n0: '0xffb0', n1: '0xffb1', n2: '0xffb2', n3: '0xffb3', n4: '0xffb4',
+    n5: '0xffb5', n6: '0xffb6', n7: '0xffb7', n8: '0xffb8', n9: '0xffb9'
+};
+
+var ModMap = {
+    '^': 'ctrl',
+    '+': 'shift',
+    '%': 'alt',
+    '^^': 'ctrl'
+};
+
+var AutoTypeEmitterImpl = function() {
+    this.mod = {};
+    this.pendingScript = [];
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.setMod = function(mod, enabled) {
+    if (enabled) {
+        this.mod[ModMap[mod]] = true;
+    } else {
+        delete this.mod[ModMap[mod]];
+    }
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.text = function(text, callback) {
+    this.pendingScript.push('text ' + this.modString() + text);
+    callback();
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.key = function(key, callback) {
+    if (typeof key !== 'number') {
+        if (!KeyMap[key]) {
+            return callback('Bad key: ' + key);
+        }
+        key = KeyMap[key].toString(16);
+    }
+    this.pendingScript.push('key ' + this.modString() + key);
+    callback();
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.copyPaste = function(text, callback) {
+    // TODO
+    callback();
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.waitComplete = function(callback) {
+    if (this.pendingScript.length) {
+        var script = this.pendingScript.join(' ');
+        this.pendingScript.length = 0;
+        this.runScript(script, callback);
+    } else {
+        callback();
+    }
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.modString = function() {
+    var mod = '';
+    Object.keys(this.mod).forEach(function (key) {
+        mod += key + '+';
+    });
+    return mod;
+};
+
+AutoTypeEmitterImpl.prototype.runScript = function(script, callback) {
+    Launcher.spawn({
+        cmd: 'xdotool',
+        data: script,
+        complete: callback
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = AutoTypeEmitterImpl;
diff --git a/app/scripts/comp/auto-type/helper/auto-type-helper-linux.js b/app/scripts/comp/auto-type/helper/auto-type-helper-linux.js
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+'use strict';
+
+// var Launcher = require('../../launcher');
+
+var AutoTypeHelper = function() {
+};
+
+AutoTypeHelper.prototype.getActiveWindowTitle = function(callback) {
+    callback('Not implemented');
+};
+
+module.exports = AutoTypeHelper;