Mathias Dahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> How can I make it listen for a certain keypress (say, Windows-key + >>> space) in a controlled fashion even when it is not the program having >>> focus? >>> >>> I need to do this running under GNOME in Mandrake GN/Linux 10. >> >> Search Google for "python keylogger". > > Thanks, good idea! The relevant pages I found only link to > Windows-specific keyloggers though. > > I just got another idea on a solution for my main problem (invoking my > sleeping app) and that would be to let my window manager execute a > small "invoker" program that would communicate with the sleeping > app. The question is, which is the easiest way to communicate with a > running Python program? Signals? TCP/IP (not really, right?) Pipes?
I solved it using named pipes (mkfifo, open and read) plus a simple echo x > pipe to invoke. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
