[Gllug] share keyboard input between two applications

[JLMS]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Victor Churchill
<vchurchill at softwareshack.eu> wrote:
> 2009/10/8  <news at aleblanc.cotse.net>:
>> Hi,
>>   can anyone tell me if it is possible to share keyboard input events
>>   between two or more applications simultaneously? and if so, how?
>>   I want to try playing music while simultaneously typing text (don't
>>   ask why).
>>
>> --
>> aleblanc
>>
>
> Would named pipes made with mkfifo work for you? You can sit in a while loop,
> read()ing a line and echoing it onto both fifos . Then have your apps
> read their input from the pipes.


Explain further please, this sounds enticing, perhaps short snippet of code?
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