diff -ur ratpoison/AUTHORS ratpoison-patched-keypress/AUTHORS
--- ratpoison/AUTHORS	2005-01-15 20:44:11.000000000 +0100
+++ ratpoison-patched-keypress/AUTHORS	2005-02-26 18:47:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Gergely Nagy <address@hidden>
 Henrik Enberg <address@hidden>
 Jonathan Walther <address@hidden>
-Martin Samuelsson <address@hidden>
+Martin Samuelsson <address@hidden>
 Mike Meyer <address@hidden>
 Nicklas Lindgren <address@hidden>
 Pasi Kallinen <address@hidden>
diff -ur ratpoison/doc/ratpoison.texi ratpoison-patched-keypress/doc/ratpoison.texi
--- ratpoison/doc/ratpoison.texi	2005-02-15 07:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ ratpoison-patched-keypress/doc/ratpoison.texi	2005-02-26 18:47:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -1330,6 +1330,10 @@
 Display a help screen that lists all bound keystrokes.
 @end deffn
 
address@hidden Command keypress @var{key}
+Act as the given key was pressed and send it to the current window.
address@hidden deffn
+
 @deffn Command license
 Display ratpoison's license. By default, this is bound to @kbd{C-t V}.
 @end deffn
diff -ur ratpoison/src/actions.c ratpoison-patched-keypress/src/actions.c
--- ratpoison/src/actions.c	2005-02-26 03:25:46.000000000 +0100
+++ ratpoison-patched-keypress/src/actions.c	2005-02-26 19:00:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
   add_command ("hsplit",	cmd_h_split,	1, 0, 0,
 	       "Split: ", arg_STRING);
   add_command ("info",		cmd_info,	0, 0, 0);
+  add_command ("keypress",	cmd_keypress,	1, 1, 1);
   add_command ("kill",		cmd_kill,	0, 0, 0);
   add_command ("lastmsg",	cmd_lastmsg,	0, 0, 0);
   add_command ("license",	cmd_license,	0, 0, 0);
@@ -1006,6 +1007,40 @@
 }
 
 cmdret *
+cmd_keypress (int interactive, struct cmdarg **args)
+{
+  cmdret *ret = NULL;
+  struct rp_key *key;
+  XEvent ev1, ev;
+  ev = rp_current_event;
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "debug\n", args[0]);
+
+  if (current_window() == NULL) 
+    return cmdret_new (RET_FAILURE, NULL);
+
+  ev1.xkey.type = KeyPress;
+  ev1.xkey.display = dpy;
+  ev1.xkey.window = current_window()->w;
+
+  if(ret = parse_keydesc (args[0]->string, key))
+	return ret;
+
+  ev1.xkey.state = rp_mask_to_x11_mask (key->state);
+  if(!(ev1.xkey.keycode = XKeysymToKeycode (dpy, key->sym)))
+	return cmdret_new (RET_FAILURE, NULL);
+
+  XSendEvent (dpy, current_window()->w, False, KeyPressMask, &ev1);
+
+  /*   XTestFakeKeyEvent (dpy, XKeysymToKeycode (dpy, 't'), True, 0); */
+
+  XSync (dpy, False);
+
+  return cmdret_new (RET_SUCCESS, NULL);
+}
+
+
+cmdret *
 cmd_meta (int interactive, struct cmdarg **args)
 {
   XEvent ev1, ev;
@@ -1017,6 +1052,7 @@
   ev1.xkey.type = KeyPress;
   ev1.xkey.display = dpy;
   ev1.xkey.window = current_window()->w;
+
   ev1.xkey.state = rp_mask_to_x11_mask (prefix_key.state);
   ev1.xkey.keycode = XKeysymToKeycode (dpy, prefix_key.sym);
 
diff -ur ratpoison/src/actions.h ratpoison-patched-keypress/src/actions.h
--- ratpoison/src/actions.h	2005-02-11 00:22:40.000000000 +0100
+++ ratpoison-patched-keypress/src/actions.h	2005-02-26 18:47:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 RP_CMD (h_split);
 RP_CMD (help);
 RP_CMD (info);
+RP_CMD (keypress);
 RP_CMD (kill);
 RP_CMD (last);
 RP_CMD (lastmsg);