Monitor mouse coordinates in real-time in Linux

linux, mouse, python

Solution

Going over the code you provide. The information you want comes from def mousepos(). So with just

from Xlib import display
data = display.Display().screen().root.query_pointer()._data
data["root_x"], data["root_y"]

You get the current mouse position, put this in a loop and write/append to a file. That should do the trick.

Problem

I need a python coding to monitor mouse coordinates in real-time in Linux. I found below coding and it works well, but the mouse coordinates information will be shown in a pops up GUI window. Now I don't need it show in a GUI window, just need save the mouse coordinates information to a text file(Log file). Does anyone can help me that? Thanks! Plus, it would be great if it can save mouse coordinates information by hourly. ``` #!/usr/bin/env python """ Corrected, the thread stops now. """ import sys import os from time import sleep import gtk gtk.gdk.threads_init() import threading # uses the package python-xlib # from http://snipplr.com/view/19188/mouseposition-on-linux-via-xlib/ # or: sudo apt-get install python-xlib from Xlib import display old_stdout = sys.stdout sys.stdout = open(os.devnull, 'w') def mousepos(): """mousepos() --> (x, y) get the mouse coordinates on the screen (linux, Xlib).""" data = display.Display().screen().root.query_pointer()._data return data["root_x"], data["root_y"] class MouseThread(threading.Thread): def __init__(self, parent, label): threading.Thread.__init__(self) self.label = label self.killed = False def run(self): try: while True: if self.stopped(): break text = "{0}".format(mousepos()) self.label.set_text(text) sleep(0.01) except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit): sys.exit() def kill(self): self.killed = True def stopped(self): return self.killed class PyApp(gtk.Window): def __init__(self): super(PyApp, self).__init__() self.set_title("Mouse coordinates 0.1") self.set_size_request(250, 50) self.set_position(gtk.WIN_POS_CENTER) self.connect("destroy", self.quit) label = gtk.Label() self.mouseThread = MouseThread(self, label) self.mouseThread.start() fixed = gtk.Fixed() fixed.put(label, 10, 10) self.add(fixed) self.show_all() def quit(self, widget): self.mouseThread.kill() gtk.main_quit() if __name__ == '__main__': app = PyApp() gtk.main() ```

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