[pygtk] Receive events without focus

[Thomas Guettler]

Am 04.06.2013 00:14, schrieb Tim Evans:
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> On Windows there is the RegisterHotKey function. This is not available via GTK, so you'd have to use the win32 APIs
> directly. The hard part will be getting the WM_HOTKEY message. I think you'll need to create a window using win32all so
> you can handle the message. There are plenty of example of using RegisterHotKey on the net, you'll just need to convert
> them to Python using win32all or ctypes.
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> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646309%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
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> The other way to do it on Windows is to load your own DLL (written in C) into the process of each running application. I
> can't remember the API for doing that, but it did have some advantages in terms of what events you could then override.
>
> You might look at how AutoHotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) does it, or consider just using AutoHotkey to send the
> right keys to your app.

I think these key words help me to find a solution.

Thank you,
   Thomas Güttler

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