daleathan / key-mon

A screencast utility that displays your keyboard and mouse status | Automatically exported from
https://code.google.com/archive/p/key-mon/
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Only show keys when pressed #145

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
I really like this live keyboard app. I think it will be great once I start 
making GIMP tutorials. My only problem with it is that the blank keys/mouse 
stay around after I type them.  I would really like the keys to go away 
altogether after the set period of time.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by android2...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2015 at 6:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
The feature is already available although hidden.

If you pass the parameter --no-press-fadeout on the command line it'll remove 
the window after 1.0 seconds (you can change the value of course to 2.0 for two 
seconds, etc.).

key-mon --no-press-fadeout=1.0

Original comment by scottaki...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2015 at 5:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
It would be nice if the feature was not hidden. I think it would add a lot of 
value. Other apps like this one dont have many configurations a valuable in a 
GUI. This is why I like and use keymon. The terminal is grate but I think Linux 
needs to get away from the terminal only mentality. Users hate the terminal and 
that's why I think a lot of people don't use it. 

Original comment by android2...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2015 at 5:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
Ok changing this to make the feature available in the settings pages.

Original comment by scottaki...@gmail.com on 11 Mar 2015 at 2:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
So I just tried key-mon --no-press-fadeout=1.0

one other suggestion would be to only show the keys that are typed. for example 
right now I am typing this and key mon is running. I really don't need to see 
that I am not right clicking on the mouse.

Original comment by android2...@gmail.com on 11 Mar 2015 at 2:28