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Please always use reply-All or reply-List to respond to tutor posts. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Den 4. jul. 2017 kl. 11.35 skrev Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org>: > > On 04/07/17 09:50, Carlton Banks wrote: >> I am trying to record from my microphone while i press down a button, > > First question is which OS? > That makes a big difference in this kind of scenario. I am currently testing it on OS X, but should also be working on a ubuntu machine. >> the library I am using is not able to detect on hold event. > > There isn't really any concept of a hold event, you usually > have to detect repeated press events. However I don;t know > the library you are using, I normally just use the standard > library for such things, or build a simple GUI… Standard library being?.. > >> It only detect on press, which happens once, > > That's unusual, usually you get a repeated stream of > press events when you hold a key down. But it does > depend on the OS and environment. Your library may > indeed just be detecting the initial key down and > be waiting for the key up event. Hmm.. interesting but again it is currently being tested on OSX, as it was the only machine available atm. > >> So does any of you know any libraries that monitor> state of the keyboard, > > There are several but it depends on your OS. > In the standard library > Unix variants can use curses. > Windows users have msvcrt. > > And there are several 3rd party libraries that try > to do in a platform independent way - I'm guessing > the one you are using is one such. > > Another way to tackle it is to switch your code so > it works with a toggle. Set the toggle to on in > the on_press handler. Set it to off in the > on_release handler > > Then trigger a timer loop that runs for as long > as the toggle is set. This is probably easiest > done within a GUI. > Interesting solution, but still find a bit "dirty hackish” to involve a timer in this.. I guess it just would be neat if it just worked as i thought it to be. But i guess i have to look into curses. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
