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  1. 12-31-2009 #1
    RLg
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    So how can I get all keyboard events (press/release) from all windows no matter which window has the focus ?
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    Depends on your desktop manager, there are options to assings scripts (on any language) to global shortcuts (at least in KDE is pretty easy, event mouse gestures) ... buf if you want something like a keylogger, there are options such as LKL (Linux key logger)
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    The only sure way is to intercept all keyboard input. The best way to do that is via a kernel module. You can log the keyboard events and then pass them on to the normal keyboard handler. As mentioned by hugotega, the Linux key logger (LKL) might do something like that. I haven't investigated this issue in Linux as yet, so I cannot say with authority what is the best method to use. There could well be a user-space API that will allow a user application to be informed of keyboard events, but I'm not familiar with it, if it exists.
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