Mac OS X pygame input goes to Terminal instead of Python

Question

I'm having trouble running a pygame based app on Mac OS X via Terminal. Input events such as keystrokes go to the Terminal instead of my Python app, and are detected by pygame.

For example, I have the following test script:

import pygame

pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480))

done = False
while not done:
    pygame.event.pump()
    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    if keys[pygame.K_ESCAPE]:
        done = True
    if keys[pygame.K_SPACE]:
        print "got here"

Neither K_ESCAPE nor K_SPACE will be handled by this script when I run it from a Mac OS X Terminal, but Terminal will echo back the spaces.

I'm running the MacPorts port of pygame (py-game), which depends on Python 2.4, and I've also used python_select to make python24 the active version.

Does that pop up a pygame window? Did you try focusing that window? — nosklo
– nosklo, Commented Apr 27, 2010 at 5:49
Yes it pops up a window, and yes I tried giving that window focus. It seems to accept the focus but the input still appears in Terminal. — Parappa
– Parappa, Commented Apr 27, 2010 at 7:39

Edmond Meinfelder · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-25 12:34:21Z

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The default py-game on Mac Ports has the problem you describe. A work-around is to install the py-game2.6 target instead. This works for me with OS X 10.6.7.

answered Apr 25, 2011 at 12:34

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aganders3 · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-05 11:07:30Z

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Can you check if the pygame.K_* constants actually correspond to the correct values for your keyboard? For the record I tried your code in Linux on a MacBook Pro and it seems to be working fine.

answered May 5, 2010 at 11:07

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Parappa Over a year ago

I've tried this code in Linux as well and it works fine. I'm pretty sure the problem is with my Terminal environment and/or Pygame config, but I don't know what it is.

aganders3 Over a year ago

One more suggestion (in case you haven't solved this), are you sure python_select is working the way you want it to? stackoverflow.com/questions/1768881/…

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