How to generate keyboard events in Python?

Question

short summary:

I am trying to create a program that will send keyboard events to the computer that for all purposes the simulated events should be t

Answer 1

Windows only: You can either use Ironpython or a library that allows cPython to access the .NET frameworks on Windows. Then use the sendkeys class of .NET or the more general send to simulate a keystroke.

OS X only: Use PyObjC then use use CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent call.

Full disclosure: I have only done this on OS X with Python, but I have used .NET sendkeys (with C#) and that works great.