Add get_repeat() to get repeat delay and rate

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/keyboardpython/__init__.py b/keyboardpython/__init__.py
index 2996c7a..2638595 100644
--- a/keyboardpython/__init__.py
+++ b/keyboardpython/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 from key import *
 
+def get_repeat():
+    ''' try and get the repeat delay and rate from X '''
+    import subprocess
+    default_repeat_delay = 50
+    default_repeat_rate = 33
+    cmd = 'xset q | grep \"auto repeat delay\"'
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True,stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    output = proc.stdout.read()
+    if not output: return default_repeat_delay, default_repeat_rate
+    repeat_delay = output.split()[3]
+    repeat_rate = output.split()[-1]
+    return repeat_delay,repeat_rate
+
 def echo(on=True):
     import sys,termios
     fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
@@ -51,7 +64,7 @@ def getkey(fd='default',timeout=32,buffersize=6):
 
         - fd='default' will try and get this stdin.
         - timeout in miliseconds
-        - buffersize is passed to os.read, 6 is 
+        - buffersize is passed to os.read, 6 is
         enough for alt+F12 for example.
     '''
     import os,sys,time
@@ -70,7 +83,7 @@ def queue_keypresses(q,signal,fd='default',buffersize=6):
         is True, deals with setup and teardown.
 
         - fd='default' will try and get this stdin.
-        - buffersize is passed to os.read, 6 is 
+        - buffersize is passed to os.read, 6 is
         enough for alt+F12 for example.
     '''
     import Queue