Stop mouse event when pressing key - python-3.x

Question

My code uses mouse events to send messages but I have no idea how to stop using an f1 key. I didn't find a stop () method as in Listener () in Events ().
import pynput
import pyautogui
import time
from pynput import mouse
from pynput import keyboard
running = True
mouse_event = mouse.Events()
def on_press(key):
global running
if key == keyboard.Key.f1:
running = False
print('end')
return False
def msg():
mouse_event.start()
for event in mouse_event:
if running:
if isinstance(event,mouse.Events.Click):
if not event.pressed:
pyautogui.typewrite('hello world\n',interval=0.009)
else:
time.sleep(1)
return False
while 1:
print("Choose the desired option")
print("1. Message")
option = int(input("Option:"))
if option == 1:
running = True
with keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press) as listener:
if running:
msg()
elif not listener.running:
time.sleep(2)
break
Is there a way to interrupt a mouse event with the press of a key?
One attempt was to pass the method as on_press to Events () does not work.

Answer 1

I've had to do something similar in the past and I ended up using threading to have one thread listen for the mouse/keyboard input while the other runs my main program.
import time
from pynput import keyboard
from threading import Thread
def exit_program():
def on_press(key):
if str(key) == 'Key.f1':
main.status = 'pause'
user_input = input('Program paused, would you like to continue? (y/n) ')
while user_input != 'y' and user_input != 'n':
user_input = input('Incorrect input, try either "y" or "n" ')
if user_input == 'y':
main.status = 'run'
elif user_input == 'n':
main.status = 'exit'
exit()
with keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press) as listener:
listener.join()
def main():
main.status = 'run'
while True:
print('running')
time.sleep(1)
while main.status == 'pause':
time.sleep(1)
if main.status == 'exit':
print('Main program closing')
break
Thread(target=main).start()
Thread(target=exit_program).start()