A simple key logger (Tkinter assisted)

''' tk_KeyLogger.py
show any character/special key when pressed
using Tkinter
'''

try:
    # Python2
    import Tkinter as tk
except ImportError:
    # Python3
    import tkinter as tk

def show_key(event):
    '''show event.keycode, event.keysym, event.char results'''
    if event.char == event.keysym:
        msg = 'Normal Key %r' % event.char
    elif len(event.char) == 1:
        msg = 'Punctuation Key %r (%r)' % (event.keysym, event.char)
    else:
        msg = 'Special Key %r' % event.keysym
    print(msg)
    if event.keysym == 'Escape':
        root.destroy()

root = tk.Tk()
print("Press a key (Escape key to exit): ")
root.bind_all('<Key>', show_key)
# don't show the tk window
root.withdraw()
root.mainloop()