Introducing the Keystroker gem

require 'keystroker'

s = '{tab} this is a test {enter} {ctrl+a}'
ks = Keystroker.new
ks.parse_hg0(s)
puts ks.to_kbml pretty: true

Output:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<kbml>
  <tab/>
  <type>this is a test</type>
  <enter/>
  <ctrl key='a'/>
</kbml>

• keystroker https://rubygems.org/gems/keystroker

keystroker sendkeys hidg0 gem