Just a heads up, There is no simple solution for doing a global key hook in linux. You would have to hook all desired keys individually and make sure they are not already bound to a short cut. Only other solution is xevie which is on its way out for support. If anyone has a good solution for doing this please let me know.
Eric Shattow wrote: > Anyone up for writing a quick SDL app that generates MIDI events based > on the keyboard? > > Description of function would be like this: > > Grab system-wide keyboard when right Alt key is pressed > Emit ALSA seq midi events when keyboard keys are pressed > Release system-wide keyboard when left Alt key is pressed > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:35 AM, Gustavo Homem <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 10:05:05PM -0400, Garth Dahlstrom wrote: > > Just to beat a dead horse a bit more, keyboard event processing > is a pretty > > common problem for games (in my youth I spent a long time trying > to develop > > games), so SDL has a custom event model that handles this (oh the > things I > > could have done if I had SDL in my day)... I have no idea if > there is a way > > to do something like this in pure Qt... > > Maybe this helps? > > http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/qkeyevent.html#isAutoRepeat > > > > > > > http://wiki.gamedev.net/index.php/SDL:Tutorials:Keyboard_Input_using_an_Event_Loop > > > > if you grab the example source from there you can extract and > then build and > > run it on an Ubuntu system like: > > > > aptitude install libsdl-dev > > g++ $(pkg-config --cflags sdl) $(pkg-config --libs-only-l sdl) -o > > SDL_Keyboard SDL_Keyboard.c > > ./SDL_Keyboard > > > > PRESSED: w > > RELEASED: w > > PRESSED: w > > RELEASED: w > > PRESSED: left shift > > RELEASED: left shift > > PRESSED: left shift > > PRESSED: LSHIFT w > > RELEASED: LSHIFT w > > RELEASED: left shift > > > > You can see how the above corresponds to Mouse click/release or > Midi Note > > on/off.... > > > > -G > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Garth Dahlstrom > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > Right line of w's... It is impossible to tell if that was a > single press > > > and hold or mulitple press and releases without a custom > keyboard handler. > > > By contrast mouse (and midi) do distinct pressed + released > events without > > > repeating. > > > > > > You'd need a custom keyboard handler to have any shot of > interpreting that > > > type of keyboard event to do what you expect. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Gustavo Homem > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>wrote: > > > > > >> On Tuesday 09 September 2008 23:35, Garth Dahlstrom wrote: > > >> > Open your favourite text edtior. Press and hold 'w' for 5 > seconds. > > >> > > >> It fills a line of w's, of course. > > >> > > >> > keyboard event != mouse event > > >> > > > >> > > >> I know that mouse and keyboard don't work the same way. My > question is if > > >> CUE > > >> behaviour via keyboard is failing for enveryone else. Is this > a known bug? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Angulo Sólido - Tecnologias de Informação > > >> http://angulosolido.pt > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > __ > > > --- == __/ t.O ==-- > > > http://stacktrace.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > __ > > --- == __/ t.O ==-- > > http://stacktrace.org/ > > -- > Angulo Sólido - Tecnologias de Informação > http://angulosolido.pt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > _______________________________________________ > Mixxx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mixxx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
