That’s sort of what I suspected — it’s something about the fink package.. unfortunately, I’m using fink because there are other parts of the program that need fink (or rather, I had trouble with using the macport versions and the native version’s a total disaster for this project). Thanks. /jamie
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:45 PM, J Dunford <smilecha...@smilechaser.com> wrote: > I tried this and it seems to work. > > - OS Mavericks (10.9.5) > - MacBook Pro Retina > - pygame 1.9.1 via macports > - ran from terminal using: python2.7 x.py (where x.py is the file name I > copied your code sample into) > > For me the focus changed to the pygame window and when I pressed escape the > program terminated (as expected). > > The only difference I can see between your setup and mine is that I installed > PG through macports and you used fink. Could that make a difference? > > Maybe you could try installing pygame through the .dmg package and see if > that makes a difference? Otherwise I’m not sure what to suggest… > > HTH, > Joe > > > On Dec 10, 2014, at 13:35, James Mazer <james.ma...@yale.edu> wrote: > >> Is there a trick for getting pygame to take the keyboard focus under >> osx? I'm trying to port an app from linux and ran into something odd. >> This simple program: >> >> import pygame >> pygame.init() >> screen = pygame.display.set_mode((100,100)) >> while 1: >> pygame.event.pump() >> if pygame.key.get_pressed()[pygame.K_ESCAPE]: >> break >> >> doesn't work under osx (python 2.7 & pygame 1.9.1 via fink). The >> pygame window appears and changes color when clicked indicating it has >> the focus (and pygame.key.get_focused returns 1), but clicks in the >> pygame window are directed to the terminal where the program was run >> from (get_pressed() is always all zeros). >> >> Am I missing something obvious here? This works fine under linux. An >> hours or so of googling seems to indicate others have had this >> problem, but there's no obvious answer and nothing recent. >> >> thanks, >> /jamie >> >> -- >> James Mazer >> Department of Neurobiology >> Yale School of Medicine >> phone: 203-737-5853 >> fax: 203-785-5263 >> url: http://jackknife.med.yale.edu > -- James Mazer Department of Neurobiology Yale School of Medicine phone: 203-737-5853 fax: 203-785-5263 url: http://jackknife.med.yale.edu
