Add delays-characters package

packages/delays-characters/0.1.0/README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ An Espanso trigger that uses the Python `pynput` library to inject text, *instea
 
 See https://pynput.readthedocs.io/en/latest/keyboard.html#controlling-the-keyboard for details of the keywords, and https://pynput.readthedocs.io/en/latest/keyboard.html#pynput.keyboard.Key for the key names.
 
-If necessary, use `python -m pip install pynput` to add pynput to your Python installation.
+If necessary, use `python -m pip install pynput` to add pynput to your Python installation. Tested here with Python 3.10 but may work from Python 2.7 or earlier.
 
 Supports keywords "type", "tap", "press", "release", and "sleep".
 

packages/delays-characters/0.1.0/parse_pynput.py

@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 # Supports type, tap, press, release, and sleep
 
 import argparse, time
-from pynput.keyboard import Controller, Key
+try:
+    from pynput.keyboard import Controller, Key
+except ImportError:
+    import sys
+    print("Error: The 'pynput' library is not installed.", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("Install it using: pip install pynput", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)  # Exit with a non-zero status code to indicate failure
+
 
 # Initialize the keyboard controller
 keyboard = Controller()