import sys
import Tkinter as tk

def my_print(*tuple):
    sys.stdout.write(' '.join(str(i) for i in tuple) + '\n')



root = tk.Tk()

frame = tk.Frame(root)
frame.pack()

text = tk.Text(frame)
text.pack()
text.focus_set()

button = tk.Button(frame, text="Exit", command=root.destroy)
button.pack()

def fcn(event):
    my_print("*** event.keycode: ", event.keycode)
    my_print("*** event.state: ", event.state)
    try:
        my_print("*** event.char: ", event.char,
                 hex(bytes(event.char)[0]))
    except:
        my_print("*** event.char: ", event.char)
    my_print('\n')

text.bind("<Control-Key>", fcn)
my_print("*** binding: ", text.bind("<Control-Key>"))
text.bind('<Key>', fcn)

root.mainloop()