Capturing keystrokes in the background is something I've had a lot of
problems with too. On Windows, the PyHook module works great for this, as
does the win32api module. Something like:
# keyboard c
i = win32api.GetAsyncKeyState(67)
if i < 0:
print "pressed!"
That doesn't require focus.
I've never solved this riddle on other OS's though, and have resorted to
using joystick buttons in Pygame, which always work in the background no
matter the OS (and you can easily wire into most joystick buttons if you
don't mind a little soldering).
If possible please post if you figure out how to capture keystrokes in the
background through another method.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:48 PM, PBRGamer <pbrgamers...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fantastic! Thank you for the assist!
>
> I also learned that I needed to make sure that deathcounter.txt wasn't
> named
> deathcounter.txt.txt : Thanks a lot windows.
>
> I do have one singular issue. I can't seem to get it to capture the
> keystrokes when it's in the background.
>
> Is there an operand I need to change or add in order to get it to capture
> keystrokes at all times or am I missing something else entirely.
>
>
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