[Gllug] share keyboard input between two applications

[Victor Churchill]

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.
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