Yo is there a Linux library that allows to listen to global keyboard input? I know it’ll most likely need root, but I am working on a library and I am only missing Wayland support
#Wayland hot keys
green idol
Will this one work globally? https://wayland.app/protocols/virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1
vagrant pawn
Yo is there a Linux library that allows to listen to global keyboard input? I kn...
i think this is something only the wayland compositor can do. like I know KDE has its own handler for global shortcuts in system settings
i don't think there's a standard for it
green idol
i don't think there's a standard for it
i was told in another server to take a peek at evdev which seems to be a very low level way of doing things, i think it listens to the kernel itself
vagrant pawn
yeah that would probably work
green idol
so i guess this then means it would work on both x11 and wayland, and pretty much any compositor?
if so would this also mean it would work in a simple tty?
vagrant pawn
idk
green idol
Ight well time to get writing C
@vagrant pawn yo so apparently libinput is the same?
it uses evdev?
would it make it easier...?
vagrant pawn
no idea