Dennis,

> It's also quite likely specific to the manager in use...

Besides that, yes.

By the way, my
[quote]
One possible method would be to start the script with a delay and in that
time check for a (repeated) keydown event.
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idea doesn't pan out: no repeated keydown events. :-\   (or at least, they
do not show up using "bind")

Currently looking into capturing a key up or down event using the tkinter
root window (something must be there to receive focus) which self-closes
after a second.  Don't really like the need for a visible window, but hey,
that can't be helped.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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