[pygtk] hotkey support?

[Johannes Mockenhaupt]

On 03/30/2010 03:36 AM, Tom Roche wrote:
[...]
 > http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2009-April/016972.html
 >> Is it possible to install a global keyboard shortcut, so if the user
 >> presses Ctrl-Alt-X anywhere, and my pygtk application is running, my
 >> application would get an event?

Yes, that's exactly what python-keybinder does.

 > but no replies to it. Can anyone show/tell me how to handle hotkeys in
 > PyGTK?

import keybinder

def callback():
     pass  #TODO

keybinder.bind('<Alt>X', callback)


print keybinder.bind.__doc__
 >> bind (keystring, callback, user_data) -> bool
 >>
 >> Return True on success.
 >> Will raise KeyError if keystring is already bound.

Joe