Python for Autohotkey style key-combination sniffing, automation?

Question

I want to automate several tasks (eg. simulate eclipse style ctrl-shift-R open dialog for other editors). The general pattern is: the user will

Answer 1

Found the answer using pyHook and the win32 extensions:

import pyHook
import pythoncom

def OnKeyboardEvent(event):
    print event.Ascii

hm = pyHook.HookManager()
hm.KeyDown = OnKeyboardEvent
hm.HookKeyboard()

while True:
    pythoncom.PumpMessages()