Send keys to clipboard or input directly (now only for Mac OS X and partly Linux)

sendkeys.py

# - * - coding: UTF-8 - * -

import sys
import platform
import subprocess

def macosx_set_clipboard(text):
    p = subprocess.Popen('pbcopy', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    p.communicate(text)

def macosx_send_keys(text):
    text = text.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', '\\"')
    code = 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "%s"'
    p = subprocess.Popen('osascript', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    code = code % (text, )
    p.communicate(code)

def unsupported_platform(*args, **kws):
    raise 'Unsupported platform'

if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
    # pre send to accelerate sendkeys
    p = subprocess.Popen('osascript', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    p.stdin.write('tell application "System Events" to keystroke ""')
    p.stdin.close()
    # set methods
    set_clipboard = macosx_set_clipboard
    send_keys = macosx_send_keys
else:
    set_clipboard = unsupported_platform
    send_keys = unsupported_platform