Re: Getting the keyboard state

Subject: Re: Getting the keyboard state
From: Eric Gorr <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:00:33 -0400
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> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Eric Gorr wrote: > > Is there a unix tool that will return the current state of the keyboard? > > > > I would like to be able to determine if that option key is currently being > > pressed by the user. > > I don't know what you mean by 'a unix tool'. You could use the > function GetKeys(), in HIToolbox/Events.h.

I mean a command line tool that I could execute from the terminal and have it spit back the state of the keys or just a particular key, like the option key.

I agree, I could write one myself which calls GetKeys and outputs the result, but I was hoping to avoid this small part of the task and use something that already exists.


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