Udayan Singh wrote: > > > > Udayan Singh wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to develop an application where I can get a list of all the > > windows that are open in the GNOME Screen and find any activity being > > performed on any other window on the GUI screen (and not only my > > application) e.g. mouse click on window of another application sends > > me a signal. > > > > Plan to use GNOME as environment. Can I use Metacity (for GNOME) here > > to capture a mouse click occuring on any other application (i.e. any > > other application and not made /implemented by me) ? > > > > Any pointers of how I can go about doing the same ?? > > Have a look at AT-SPI; it may be overkill, but it allows you to see > pretty much everything that's going on in the desktop. > > http://gnome.org/~billh/at-spi-idl/html > <http://gnome.org/%7Ebillh/at-spi-idl/html> > > There are python bindings for AT-SPI available too, for instance see > gnome svn modules 'orca' for an example of a sophisticated at-spi client. > > You can also look in svn module at-spi/test or svn module at-poke to > find smaller, c-based clients. > > The "root object" in the AT-SPI hierarchy has a single child > representing the 'desktop', and each of its children in an object of > AT-SPI type "Application". The children of the Application objects are > Accessible objects corresponding to the toplevel windows on the > desktop. AT-SPI also provides some device snooping API so that you can > detect mouse and keyboard activity. > > /us: thanks for inputs bill. I also figured that I can use the > following for API references in case i wanna code in C./ > > /http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/atk/atk.html/ > The ATK API won't help you much because it does not export information "out of process".
You can use the api described in at-spi/cspi: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/at-spi/index.html Also, here is an architectural overview of the Gnome Accessibility Architecture: http://www.gnome.org/~billh/ArchitecturalOverview.odp and implementation details at http://www.gnome.org/~billh/ApplicationImplementation.odp best regards, Bill > /and this one for some inputs on theory../ > > /http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/guide/gad/index.html/ > > /any other links that might be useful, pls let me know./ > > tia, > > us > > > regards, > > Bill > > > > tia.. > > us > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wm-spec-list mailing list > > wm-spec-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list > > > ForwardSourceID:NT00014E6E > > =====-----=====-----===== > Notice: The information contained in this e-mail > message and/or attachments to it may contain > confidential or privileged information. If you are > not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the > information contained in this e-mail message > and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, > please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and > immediately and permanently delete the message > and any attachments. Thank you > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > wm-spec-list mailing list > wm-spec-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list > _______________________________________________ wm-spec-list mailing list wm-spec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list
