python-uinput

How to make sure all the key codes available?

Asked by Nathan Campos

I'm starting a "just for fun" (aka pet project) to control my computer remotely using JSON (the server is already working), but in order for python-uinput to work I need to pass the list of key codes that I'll use to the uinput.Device().

Is there a way to pass a list with literally all the available key codes into uinput.Device? Also, is there a list of these KEY_ codes that uinput accepts available somewhere?

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a (tuomasjjrasanen) said : 		#1

Hi!

Nice to hear that you are playing with python-uinput.

> Is there a way to pass a list with literally all the available key codes into uinput.Device?

As you probably have noticed, uinput.ev -module is generated during installation of python-uinput and it's based on your systems /usr/include/linux/input.h which enumerates all possible events. So uinput.ev has a assigned variables for all events. But unfortunately, there isn't any list variables holding all events per type yet. I need to add that to next release so that one could refer to create a device with all key events for example like this:

  d = uinput.Device(uinput.ALL_KEYS)

> Also, is there a list of these KEY_ codes that uinput accepts available somewhere?

All event codes are listed in /usr/include/linux/input.h (file is part of the Linux kernel). All keycodes are available also in uinput.ev.py -module as I described above.

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Nathan Campos (eeepc904) said : 		#2

Ahh. Thanks very much for your help. I'll be waiting for the next release so I can use uinput.ALL_KEYS. Could you please contact me when the next version becomes available?

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