Check if key is pressed using python (a daemon in the background)

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Published on 2009-12-07T10:09:09Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 3:53 UTC
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I've created a python script in which an event needs to be executed each time I press the Super (or WinKey) on my keyboard.

How can one achieve this without the python process being "focused" - as it is running in the background waiting for the key to be pressed to execute the event?

I've seen a lot of posts around the web showing me how to read input - but they have all required one to have the process "focused" and none have showed me how to capture the Super (or WinKey) using a python script.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10.

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