how to control the mouse pointer with python?

[oglycans@yahoo.com]

Hi.
Anybody know a way to control the mouse pointer
(move it around and click on things) using python?
Thanks.

[Leif K-Brooks]

Re: how to control the mouse pointer with python?

oglycans@yahoo. com wrote:[color=blue]
> Anybody know a way to control the mouse pointer
> (move it around and click on things) using python?[/color]

It depends on your operating system. For Windows, you'll want to use a
Python module to access the Win32 API. The relevant API function is
documented at <URL:http://tinyurl.com/jrxm>.

[oglycans@yahoo.com]

Re: how to control the mouse pointer with python?

Sorry, I should have mentioned it's linux (debian).
Thanks.
[color=blue]
> It depends on your operating system.[/color]

[Grant Edwards]

Re: how to control the mouse pointer with python?

On 2005-01-13, oglycans@yahoo. com <oglycans@yahoo .com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Sorry, I should have mentioned it's linux (debian).
> Thanks.[/color]

What environment?

Console?
X11?
MGR?
???

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[oglycans@yahoo.com]

Re: how to control the mouse pointer with python?

>What environment?

It's X.

[John Lenton]

Re: how to control the mouse pointer with python?

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:07:18PM -0800, oglycans@yahoo. com wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi.
> Anybody know a way to control the mouse pointer
> (move it around and click on things) using python?[/color]

in X11, you could use Xlib to do so. In debian unstable, that's
"apt-get install python-xlib{,-doc}", and start reading.

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