Listening for keypress in the background

[Peter Hansen]

Mathias Dahl wrote:
> I have created a small Python program that is running on my desktop.
> 
> How can I make it listen for a certain keypress (say, Windows-key +
> space) in a controlled fashion even when it is not the program having
> focus?
> 
> I need to do this running under GNOME in Mandrake GN/Linux 10.

Search Google for "python keylogger".

-Peter