Simple keyboard input hook on multiple platforms that returns a character. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I know that there are others Python packages similar to this on the web, but i make this because my main goal would be to create an easy-to-use and fast-response keyboard input event hook package that can be adapted to different types of use.
| The main modules are **ksSys.py** <Reference.md>__ and **ksApp.py** <Reference.md>.
| The classes directly included in the above modules are the only ones that you can use for input purposes.
| I've tried to use the same interface in both modules classes to achieve an easy interpretation of what they do,
even if "under the hood" is used a different code implementation.
| Both returs a tuple with Windows Virual-Key code <Reference.md/#markdown-header-init> (with some additions) and key state code.
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Simple keyboard input hook on multiple platforms that returns a character.
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