Capturing global input?

[nomihn0]

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.

[MonkeeSage]

On Dec 6, 3:51 pm, nomihn0 <[e-mail]:

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

[MonkeeSage]

On Dec 6, 9:16 pm, MonkeeSage <[e-mail]:

On Dec 6, 3:51 pm, nomihn0 <[e-mail]:

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.

[nomihn0]

Thanks to all, you were very helpful. I suppose I'll use Jython after
all.

On Dec 6, 10:17 pm, MonkeeSage <[e-mail]:

On Dec 6, 9:16 pm, MonkeeSage <[e-mail]:

On Dec 6, 3:51 pm, nomihn0 <[e-mail]:

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.