keylogger

I was wondering if it was possible to read the keyboards input, on OSx from somewhere, such as GNU/Linux with the /dev/input files. The purpose of this is to make a very simple keylogger, (learning purpose), or if there is a function that i could call in C. Thanks. Since not all readers have good intentions as you, I won't get into details, but rather point you to the right direction. As you may know, the WindowServer works over two environments: Carbon (old) and Cocoa (new). These are the respective APIs: Carbon → InstallEventHandler (link is broken due to age? Anyway, the referenced book is

I'm looking for ways to watch mouse and keyboard events on Windows, Linux and Mac from Python. My application is a time tracker. I'm not looking into the event, I just record the time when it happens. If there are no events for a certain time, say 10 minutes, I assume that the user has left and stop the current project. When the user returns (events come in again), I wait a moment (so this doesn't get triggered by the cleaning crew or your pets or an earthquake). If the events persist over a longer period of time, I assume that the user has returned and I pop up a small, inactive window where

If I am working in an application and I press key from keyboard, how can I capture that key (or string), including the source application's name, in C, under GNU/LINUX, in userland, without X11 :) Thanks. Well, without X11 this problem is way more difficult. For the keystroke part you can use a code similar to this one, but you have to pass as an argument the device that you are reading (keyboard, usually /dev/input/event0 ) #include <linux/input.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { int fd;

I'm writing an application that monitors the person’s mouse and keyboard. If they have not used the keyboard or mouse for 1 minute, it will pop up a message that says “You have not used the mouse or keyboard for 1 minute” along with an OK button. How do I do this in Java? You need a bit of C/C++ code and call SetWindowsHookEx This function allows you to hook into Windows events and receive a copy. This question contains code to get you started: JNA Keyboard Hook in Windows If you want to do this for only your application, then its very simple. You can simply add listerns i.e Toolkit