getkey in AutoKey

Question

howto wait for key pressed with autokey?

for AutoKey i found the wait_for_keypress but its not what i searching for.

its wait for a defined keypress or key combination.

i want wait for a,b,... z is pressed.

i searched here:

• https://github.com/autokey/autokey#documentation

• https://autokey.github.io/index.html

and tried soe of this exaples without success:

• Detecting a keypress in python while in the background

• Is it still true that with python3 in Windows it is impossible to input a single character from the screen without hitting enter?

i seached the web for

• autokey -autohotkey keywait manual

Answer 1

the following solution only works with root rights:

sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install keyboard
sudo autokey

then this works (tested in Kubuntu 20.04, see Details below):

import keyboard as keyboard2 # must be different name becouse of name conflicts
while True:
    key = keyboard2.read_key()
    if keyboard2.is_pressed(' '): 
        keyboard.send_keys("You pressed space")
    if key == "p":
        break

tested with:

Operating System: Kubuntu 20.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8