Thanks to all, you were very helpful. I suppose I'll use Jython after all.
On Dec 6, 10:17 pm, MonkeeSage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 6, 9:16 pm, MonkeeSage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 6, 3:51 pm, nomihn0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd like to accept mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts as input to a > > > program. The nature of this program requires that these commands be > > > issued regardless of the currently active window. Here's the rub: I > > > need a platform-independent solution. > > > > Java supports with its MouseInfo class, but I'd like a Python > > > equivalent without turning to Jython. Is this possible? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > There is no cross-platform way to do that. You have to use whatever > > interface the OS provides for that (e.g., Xlib events for X11). You > > could probably write a platform independent way by testing the OS and > > using the appropriate apis for that OS (assuming that there are python > > modules like python-xlib for other OS). I wonder why you'd want to > > though, if Java already provides a solution? If you don't want to muck > > with Java syntax, what about Jython? > > > Regards, > > Jordan > > Ps. I saw you said you didn't want Jython, but I can't see why. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
