Linux ONLY! Assumes Ubuntu

This script will configure a second keyboards keys to either write a block of text on a keypress or execute a python command on key press. All keys actions are defined by you in .pykey.conf file created on first launch. All changes are not permanent. Only while script is running will the second keyboard be remapped defaults are restored on exit.

Usage: ./pykey_main.py or ./pykey_main.py -h for help text

This program will remap key presses to execute commands or write blocks of text specified by you in the .pykey.conf config file

For this program to work you need to make sure the user running it is a member of the GROUP owning the files in /dev/input Current mappable keys

'ESC', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8',

'9', '0', '-', '=', 'BKSP', 'TAB', 'Q', 'W', 'E', 'R',

'T', 'Y', 'U', 'I', 'O', 'P', '[', ']', 'CRLF', 'LCTRL',

'A', 'S', 'D', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'J', 'K', 'L', ';',

'"', '`', 'LSHFT', '', 'Z', 'X', 'C', 'V', 'B', 'N',

'M', ',', '.', '/', 'RSHFT', 'LALT', 'RALT' Depending on keyboard layout.

The program will create a default .pykey.conf file populated with examples
of uses in the directory pykey.py is located.

Config should be laid out as follows CAPITALIZE key to be remapped followed by periods until the the first 7 characters are filled if you want to write a block of text. If

you want a command to be executed CAPITALIZE key to be remapped followed by periods until the first 6 characters are filled 7th character will be a capital C (indicating a command) then immediately followed by the python command to be executed.

The end of text or command is terminated by two carets ^^ format of .pykey.conf should look as follows

A......will write this text when you press the a key^^
B.....Cprint("this just ran a command when you pressed the b key")^^

Pressing the 'A' key will write text, Pressing the 'B' key will execute the print command.

White space inside of text block is also preserved so if you write A......var i;

for (i=1; i<sumnum; i++) {

}^^

this in the conf file the block is written just the way you write it preserving the newlines inside

The conf file