librawinput is a cross-platform (Linux/Windows) wrapper over low-level raw input capabilities. Raw input allows getting input from different keyboards/mice and telling the difference between them-- a feature lacking in input systems such as SDL's input system. A use case would be a split screen game allowing each player to use his own mouse/keyboard pair.
You can see an older version of this library integrated with a split-screen fork of the Eternity Engine here.
- On Linux requires user to have read access to
/dev/input/*files. - For now, only supports ANSI standard keyboard - full form factor and standard 3-button mice.
- No documentation yet, though a sample program is included.
Compile your program with rawinput_common.c and rawinput_linux.c or rawinput_win32.c depending on your platform. rawinput.h contains the public API.
The file rawinput_demo.c is an example program. You can compile it with:
gcc rawinput_common.c rawinput_linux.c rawinput_demo.c -o rawinput_demo if you're using gcc on Linux, or an equivalent command-line for other platforms.
No documentation is yet available. For all usage information, read the included demo program.