non-blocking getkey?

[Ulli Horlacher]

In my program (for python 2.7) the user must enter file names with
mouse copy+paste. I use:

while True:
  file = raw_input(prompt)
  if file == '': break
  files.append(file)
      
The problem now is: my users do not hit ENTER after pasting.
The file names are pasted together in one single line without space or
other delimiter.

My idea now is: instead of raw_input() I use a get_paste() function, which
reads input character for input character and after a (say) 1 s timeout it
returns the string. Pasting a string with the mouse is rather fast, there
should be no big delay between the characters.

How can I implement such a get_paste() function?
I need a non-blocking getkey() function.

It must work on Windows and Linux.


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