Listening for keypress in the background

[Peter Hansen]

Mathias Dahl wrote:
> Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
>>>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".
> 
> Thanks, good idea! The relevant pages I found only link to
> Windows-specific keyloggers though.

Oops, you're quite right.  Sorry!  I didn't even read the second 
sentence in your post.  Stupid me...

-Peter