[PD] keyboard-interface (hid?)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Georg Holzmann wrote:

> Hallo!
>
>> Unless you want to be an alpha tester for the [hid] object (which  
>> would  be much appreciated :), I would suggest using [linuxevent] for  
>> now.
> Of course I want to be an alpha-tester :) - but I tried it and it  
> didn't work. If I press a key, it is detected, but not which key ...
> (I tried it with the hid version from your hp)
> I also tried [linuxevent] and there is the same problem.

[linuxevent] is quite a simple object, it just dumps data from the  
/dev/input/event? device to Pd land.  Are you sure you are getting data  
from the device?  You can "cat /dev/input/event0" and then try the  
different devices.

>
>> IIRC, the keyboard keys are not yet fully mapped with the [hid]  
>> object.   Its not the most exciting project, it basically involves  
>> writing a  lookup table to translate Linux input key types to [hid]  
>> key types.
> If you give me a hint how I shouldcan make it I would do it ...

In the Pd CVS, you'll need to work on the file  
externals/hcs/hid/hid_linux.c.  The events are gotten by the while loop  
in hid_get_events();  You'll need to implement a function that does a  
table lookup using the event code define(i.e. KEY_A) and translates it  
to a lowercase string/symbol name "key_a".  This table should be  
auto-generated from /usr/include/linux/input.h.  I think the table  
should include all KEY_? types there (KEY_ESC -> KEY_MEDIA).

I didn't create a separate build system, use the externals build system  
in externals/build/linux.

It would be awesome if you got this working!

.hc


>
> Thanks,
> LG
> Georg
>

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