On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM, < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 14:39:47 -0400 > From: "Adrian Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [libhid-discuss] Correct Library? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'm wondering if libhid is the library for me. I need to allow the user to > press a button which will be used as a Press to Talk button in a project > I'm > working on. The catch of course is that I don't know which USB device the > user will press the button on (although I'll most likely limit users to > joypads and headsets with buttons). > > libhid seems designed around knowing in advance which particular device you > want to access. I don't see any functions that allow me to iterate through > the list of enumerated HID devices (have I overlooked something?). > > I expected to find structures that represent various Report tpes, but I > don't see those either. > > Does anyone happen to have example code of monitoring a device category > (say > Joystick), where the exact make/model is not known previous to run time? > > I see hid_dump_tree mentioned, but that might write to a file by the looks > of the header? > > > -- > Adrian Parker > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:35:45 +0200 > From: Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [libhid-discuss] Correct Library? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 02:39:47PM -0400, Adrian Parker wrote: > > I'm wondering if libhid is the library for me. I need to allow the > > user to press a button which will be used as a Press to Talk button > > in a project I'm working on. The catch of course is that I don't > > know which USB device the user will press the button on (although > > I'll most likely limit users to joypads and headsets with buttons). > > >From this description I would suggest that you simply use the kernel > input event layer. > That would not be portable though right? I'm developing this for Windows and Linux. Adrian _______________________________________________ libhid-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/libhid-discuss
