tiny hotkey library and daemon
Project description
Pyzmo is a small hotkey library based on python-evdev. It can call arbitrary Python functions in response to key presses, key chords (simultaneously pressed keys) and key sequences (keys pressed in succession).
Usage (Python)
from pyzmo import * from evdev.ecodes import * # triggered when KEY_PLAYPAUSE is pressed @key(KEY_PLAYPAUSE) def playpause(events): pass # triggered when KEY_B is pressed, held or released @key(KEY_B, states=['down', 'hold', 'up']) def back(events): pass # triggered when either KEY_C or KEY_D are pressed @key(KEY_C, KEY_D) def c_or_d(events): pass # triggered when KEY_LEFTCTRL, KEY_LEFTALT and KEY_DELETE are # pressed at the same time @chord(KEY_LEFTCTRL, KEY_LEFTALT, KEY_DELETE) def ctrlaltdel(events): pass # triggered when KEY_A, KEY_B and KEY_C are pressed one after the other @keyseq(KEY_A, KEY_B, KEY_C) def abc(events): pass # specifying multiple sequences for one callback (syntax applies for # @chord and @event as well) @keyseq( (KEY_1, KEY_2, KEY_3), (KEY_Z, KEY_X, KEY_C) ) def zxc_or_123(events): pass # each handler receives the list of input events, because of # which it was triggered @chord(e.KEY_LEFTMETA, e.KEY_A) def term(events): for event in events: print(event) # instance of evdev.events.InputEvent #event at 1352244701.749908, code 125, type 01, val 01 #event at 1352244701.861897, code 30, type 01, val 01 ## Note 1: # If we define two triggers: # - @chord(KEY_LEFTCTRL, KEY_V) # - @key(KEY_V) # # Pressing 'ctrl-v' will run both their callbacks. To stop # processing any further triggers after a match is made, use: @chord(KEY_LEFTCTRL, KEY_V, quick=True) def copy(events): pass ## Note 2: # Pyzmo can actually match arbitrary input events. The following # will be triggered on scroll-wheel movement: @event(EV_REL, REL_WHEEL, -1) def vertical_scroll(events): pass # start main loop poll('/dev/input/event1', '/dev/input/event2') # .. or if you wish to get exclusive access to a input device from evdev import InputDevice dev = InputDevice('/dev/input/eventX') dev.grab() poll(dev)
You can also avoid polluting the global namespace with:
from pyzmo import EventHandler from evdev import ecodes as e app = EventHandler('name') @app.key(e.KEY_F) def f(events): pass @app.poll(...)
Usage (Hy)
Pyzmo also has a DSL that can be used from Hy, which is a dialect of lisp that is embedded in Python.
(require pyzmo.dsl) (import pyzmo [pyzmo [poll util]]) # triggered when KEY_PLAYPAUSE is pressed (key PLAYPAUSE (print events)) # triggered when KEY_B is pressed, held or released (key B [:down :hold :up] (print events)) # triggered when either KEY_C or KEY_D are pressed (key [C D] (print events)) # triggered when KEY_LEFTCTRL, KEY_LEFTALT and KEY_DELETE are # pressed at the same time (chord [LEFTCTRL LEFTALT DELETE] (print events)) # triggered when KEY_A, KEY_B and KEY_C are pressed one after the other (seq [A B C] (print events)) # start main loop (poll "/dev/input/eventX" "/dev/input/eventY")
Installing
The latest stable version of pyzmo is available on pypi, while the development version can be installed from github:
$ pip install pyzmo # latest stable version $ pip install git+git://github.com/gvalkov/pyzmo.git # latest development version
Alternatively, you can install it manually like any other python package:
$ git clone git@github.com:gvalkov/pyzmo.git $ cd pyzmo $ git reset --hard HEAD $versiontag $ python setup.py install
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License
Pyzmo is released under the terms of the Revised BSD License.
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