Yes, from within the X server. I've used Xlib in the past but this seemed
mostly limited to window management and keypresses when a specific terminal
in which a program is running has focus. I never came across a way to
simply monitor arbitray keypresses from a background program and take
action depending on them. For instance running a system command whenever
ctrl+alt+r is pressed.
On 29 April 2014 17:13, Niklas Hambüchen
Do you wish to do that in an active Xorg GUI session?
If yes, the X API (and corresponding Haskell packages) will allow you to do that; otherwise you usually have to read directly from the device files (e.g. /dev/input*) which usually requires root.
On Tue 29 Apr 2014 15:55:00 BST, EatsKittens wrote:
Essentially, I want to create a program that is simply ran in the background, not in a terminal, that monitors keypresses and mouse presses and takes certain actions on specific keypresses. Where to start?