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Re: Keypress Input

Date 2015-07-16 15:29 -0600
From Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Keypress Input
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On 07/16/2015 01:10 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 7/16/2015 12:30 AM, Michael Torrie wrote:
>> On 07/15/2015 07:03 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
>>> <too much to quote>
>>
>> I think you've missed the whole point of the OP's project.  He doesn't
>> want to make a GUI.  He simply wants to have his program do something
>> like blink an LED when someone presses a big red button.  He just wanted
>> a quick way to test things out since his big red button can emulate a
>> USB keyboard.  So all he needed was a simple console app that can fetch
>> keystrokes.  In the end, though GPIO is very simple both electrically
>> and in terms of Python, so that is the ultimate route he will go.  If
>> you read his last post you'll find he says this.
> 
> Rick pretty much acknowledged what you said in this paragraph.
> 
> "You may have solved your input capturing problem, and i
> don't think a GUI is the preferred solution for a
> graphically deficient device anyhow, but you may well need a
> GUI in the future, and this would be a fine example from which
> to learn."
> 
> It is a fine example.

Good to know.  With some posters it's hard to glean the good bits from
the ramblings.

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Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-03 18:22 +0000
  Re: Keypress Input Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-03 20:59 +0200
  Re: Keypress Input Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2015-06-03 12:15 -0700
  Re: Keypress Input Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2015-06-03 11:47 -0700
  Re: Keypress Input Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-04 12:50 +0200
  Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-06 18:28 +0000
    Re: Keypress Input Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-06 22:52 +0200
    Re: Keypress Input Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-07 07:20 +1000
    Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 22:31 -0600
  Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-15 05:15 +0000
    Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-16 15:09 +0000
    Re: Keypress Input Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-06-19 07:20 +0200
      Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-20 14:59 +0000
      Re: Keypress Input Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 18:03 -0700
        Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 22:30 -0600
          Re: Keypress Input Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 10:22 -0700
            Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 15:27 -0600
        Re: Keypress Input Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-07-16 02:08 -0400
          Re: Keypress Input Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 11:30 -0700
        Re: Keypress Input Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-07-16 03:10 -0400
        Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 15:29 -0600
  Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-15 05:23 +0000
    Re: Keypress Input Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-15 12:22 +0100
      Re: Keypress Input Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-15 15:22 +0000
    Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 11:15 -0600
      Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-16 20:06 +0000
        Re: Keypress Input Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-16 20:49 +0000
          Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 19:22 -0600
          Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-18 16:42 -0600
      Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-06-20 15:02 +0000
        Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-20 10:30 -0600
  Re: Keypress Input Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-16 14:22 -0700
  Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-07-15 19:05 +0000
    Re: Keypress Input Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 13:17 -0600
      Re: Keypress Input John McKenzie <davros@bellaliant.net> - 2015-08-16 19:45 +0000

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