Add queue_keypresses function to handle everything

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/keyboardpython/__init__.py b/keyboardpython/__init__.py
index 160a6b8..50410b1 100644
--- a/keyboardpython/__init__.py
+++ b/keyboardpython/__init__.py
@@ -29,3 +29,18 @@ def getkey(fd='default',buffersize=6):
     if fd == 'default': fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
     c = os.read(fd,buffersize)
     return key.parse_code(c)
+
+def queue_keypresses(q,signal,fd='default',buffersize=6):
+    ''' Read keypress and put in Queue q while signal
+        is True, deals with setup and teardown.
+
+        - fd='default' will try and get this stdin.
+        - buffersize is passed to os.read, 6 is 
+        enough for alt+F12 for example.
+    '''
+    import Queue
+    assert isinstance(q,Queue.Queue), "expected a Queue"
+    if signal: set_to_read_key(fd)
+    while signal:
+        if not q.full(): q.put(getkey(fd,buffersize))
+    reset_tty(fd)