xte 'keydown F3'
sleep 0.1
xte 'keyup F3'
xkbd -geometry +65509+140 -k /media/mmc2/N800/Keyboards/scumm.xkbd & echo $! >/tmp/xkbd2.pid

and

xte 'keydown F3'
/usr/share/snx/usleep 100000
xte 'keyup F3'
xkbd -geometry +65509+140 -k /media/mmc2/N800/Keyboards/scumm.xkbd & echo $! >/tmp/xkbd2.pid

both crashed my tablet.

The keyboard wouldn't display in the correct position for either one of these scripts, didn't function at all, major screen weirdness, couldn't even lock the tablet and had to yank the battery both times after 10 minutes each time.

It's not that important so I'm just going to give up on the whole F3 keypress.

It works perfectly without it.

I really need to stop being so greedy at times.