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Python Xlib catch / send mouseclick

I'm currently trying to use Python to detect when the left mouse button is held, and then it starts sending this event quickly, not just once. What I basically want to do is that when the left mouse button is held down, it pushes and pushes again until you release it. But I'm a little puzzled by all of Xlib, I think this is very confusing actually. Any help on how to do this would be truly amazing. This is what I have so far:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import Xlib
import Xlib.display

def main():
    display = Xlib.display.Display()
    root = display.screen().root
    while True:
        event = root.display.next_event()
        print event

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

But, unfortunately, there is no way out in the console. After a quick search on the Internet, I found the following:

root.change_attributes(event_mask=Xlib.X.KeyPressMask)
root.grab_key(keycode, Xlib.X.AnyModifier, 1, Xlib.X.GrabModeAsync,
              Xlib.X.GrabModeAsync)

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import Xlib
import Xlib.display

def main():
    display = Xlib.display.Display(':0')
    root = display.screen().root
    root.change_attributes(event_mask=
        Xlib.X.ButtonPressMask | Xlib.X.ButtonReleaseMask)

    while True:
        event = root.display.next_event()
        print event

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
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