[maemo-developers] hardware key access using Phyton

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Martin Grimme wrote:
> The hardware keys simply map to standard keys on a PC keyboard.
> Do something like this:
> 
> def on_key(src, ev):
>     keyval = ev.keyval
>     key = gtk.gdk.keyval_name(keyval)
> 
>     if (key == "Escape"):
>         do_ something()
>     elif (key == "F6"):         # fullscreen button
>         do_something()
>     elif (key == "F7"):
>         do_something()        # + button
>     elif (key == "F8"):
>         do_something()        # - button
> 
> 
> win = hildon.Window()
> win.connect("key-press-event", on_key)

Hm.  Don't python bindings offer the same symbolic key names that
are defined in hildon-1/hildon/hildon-defines.h header?


	- Eero