4 Small API for getting keyboard/mouse input, with possiblity to record it and
7 The Linux Input API requires root pirivileges (sudo).
9 by Milsolav "drummyfish" Ciz, released under CC0 1.0 (public domain)
18 #define SMALLINPUT_MODE_NORMAL 0 ///< Only handle input.
19 #define SMALLINPUT_MODE_RECORD 1 ///< Handle input and record it.
20 #define SMALLINPUT_MODE_PLAY 2 ///< Play back recorded input.
22 #define SMALLINPUT_KEY_NONE 0
23 #define SMALLINPUT_SPACE ' '
24 #define SMALLINPUT_BACKSPACE 8
25 #define SMALLINPUT_TAB 9
26 #define SMALLINPUT_RETURN 13
27 #define SMALLINPUT_SHIFT 14
28 #define SMALLINPUT_ESCAPE 27
29 #define SMALLINPUT_DELETE 127
30 #define SMALLINPUT_ARROW_UP 128
31 #define SMALLINPUT_ARROW_RIGHT 129
32 #define SMALLINPUT_ARROW_DOWN 130
33 #define SMALLINPUT_ARROW_LEFT 131
34 #define SMALLINPUT_F1 132
35 #define SMALLINPUT_F2 133
36 #define SMALLINPUT_F3 134
37 #define SMALLINPUT_F4 135
38 #define SMALLINPUT_F5 136
39 #define SMALLINPUT_F6 137
40 #define SMALLINPUT_F7 138
41 #define SMALLINPUT_F8 139
42 #define SMALLINPUT_F9 140
43 #define SMALLINPUT_F10 141
44 #define SMALLINPUT_F11 142
45 #define SMALLINPUT_F12 143
46 #define SMALLINPUT_CTRL 144
47 #define SMALLINPUT_MOUSE_L 253
48 #define SMALLINPUT_MOUSE_M 254
49 #define SMALLINPUT_MOUSE_R 255
51 #define SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_DOWN 1 ///< Mouse down event, followed by code.
52 #define SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_UP 2 ///< Moue up event, followed by code.
53 #define SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_X 3 ///< Mouse x move, followed by s32 value.
54 #define SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_Y 4 ///< Mouse y move, followed by s32 value.
55 #define SMALLINPUT_RECORD_END 255 ///< Record end, followed by 4 more same values.
57 uint8_t input_keyStates
[256];
58 int32_t input_mousePosition
[2];
60 uint8_t input_keyStatesPrevious
[256];
61 int32_t input_mousePositionPrevious
[2];
65 uint32_t input_frame
= 0;
66 uint8_t *input_recordData
;
67 uint32_t input_recordPosition
;
68 uint32_t input_recordSize
;
70 #if 1 // TODO: add other options for input handling (SDL, xinput, ...)
72 This is using Linux Input Subsystem API. Defines can be found in
73 include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h.
77 #include <linux/input.h>
89 #define INPUT_KEYBOARD_FILE "/dev/input/event0"
90 #define INPUT_MOUSE_FILE "/dev/input/event1"
92 int input_keyboardFile
= 0;
93 int input_mouseFile
= 0;
96 Maps this library's key codes to linux input key codes.
98 static const int input_linuxCodes
[256] =
100 #define no KEY_RESERVED
101 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,KEY_BACKSPACE
,KEY_TAB
,no
,no
,no
,KEY_ENTER
,KEY_LEFTSHIFT
,no
,
102 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,KEY_ESC
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
103 KEY_SPACE
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,KEY_COMMA
,no
,KEY_DOT
,no
,
104 KEY_0
,KEY_1
,KEY_2
,KEY_3
,KEY_4
,KEY_5
,KEY_6
,KEY_7
,KEY_8
,KEY_9
,no
,KEY_SEMICOLON
,no
,KEY_EQUAL
,no
,KEY_QUESTION
,
105 no
,KEY_A
,KEY_B
,KEY_C
,KEY_D
,KEY_E
,KEY_F
,KEY_G
,KEY_H
,KEY_I
,KEY_J
,KEY_K
,KEY_L
,KEY_M
,KEY_N
,KEY_O
,
106 KEY_P
,KEY_Q
,KEY_R
,KEY_S
,KEY_T
,KEY_U
,KEY_V
,KEY_W
,KEY_X
,KEY_Y
,KEY_Z
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
107 no
,KEY_A
,KEY_B
,KEY_C
,KEY_D
,KEY_E
,KEY_F
,KEY_G
,KEY_H
,KEY_I
,KEY_J
,KEY_K
,KEY_L
,KEY_M
,KEY_N
,KEY_O
,
108 KEY_P
,KEY_Q
,KEY_R
,KEY_S
,KEY_T
,KEY_U
,KEY_V
,KEY_W
,KEY_X
,KEY_Y
,KEY_Z
,no
,no
,no
,no
,KEY_DELETE
,
109 KEY_UP
,KEY_RIGHT
,KEY_DOWN
,KEY_LEFT
,KEY_F1
,KEY_F2
,KEY_F3
,KEY_F4
,KEY_F5
,KEY_F6
,KEY_F7
,KEY_F8
,KEY_F9
,KEY_F10
,KEY_F11
,KEY_F12
,
110 KEY_LEFTCTRL
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
111 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
112 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
113 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
114 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
115 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,
116 no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
,no
121 void input_recordU8(uint8_t value
)
123 if (input_recordPosition
< (input_recordSize
- 1))
125 input_recordData
[input_recordPosition
] = value
;
126 input_recordPosition
++;
130 void input_recordU32(uint32_t value
)
132 for (uint8_t i
= 0; i
< 4; ++i
)
134 input_recordU8(value
% 256);
139 uint32_t input_readU32(uint8_t *data
)
143 for (uint8_t i
= 0; i
< 4; ++i
)
144 result
= result
* 256 + data
[3 - i
];
150 Initializes the library with given mode (SMALLINPUT_MODE_*).
152 uint8_t input_init(uint8_t mode
, uint8_t *recordData
, uint32_t recordDataLength
)
156 input_mousePosition
[0] = 0;
157 input_mousePosition
[1] = 0;
159 input_mousePositionPrevious
[0] = 0;
160 input_mousePositionPrevious
[1] = 0;
163 input_recordData
= recordData
;
164 input_recordPosition
= 0;
165 input_recordSize
= recordDataLength
;
167 for (int16_t i
= 0; i
< 256; ++i
)
169 input_keyStates
[i
] = 0;
170 input_keyStatesPrevious
[i
] = 0;
175 if (input_mode
!= SMALLINPUT_MODE_PLAY
)
177 input_keyboardFile
= open(INPUT_KEYBOARD_FILE
, O_RDONLY
);
179 result
= input_keyboardFile
>= 0;
183 fcntl(input_keyboardFile
, F_SETFL
, O_NONBLOCK
);
185 input_mouseFile
= open(INPUT_MOUSE_FILE
, O_RDONLY
);
187 result
= input_mouseFile
>= 0;
190 fcntl(input_mouseFile
, F_SETFL
, O_NONBLOCK
);
194 puts("could not open device file (are you root?)");
202 if (input_mode
== SMALLINPUT_MODE_RECORD
)
203 for (uint8_t i
= 0; i
< 5; ++i
)
204 input_recordU8(SMALLINPUT_RECORD_END
);
206 close(input_keyboardFile
);
207 close(input_mouseFile
);
211 Should be called once every main loop iteration to retrieve current input
214 void input_update(void)
216 LinuxInputEvent event
;
218 if (input_mode
== SMALLINPUT_MODE_PLAY
)
220 while (input_recordPosition
< input_recordSize
)
222 uint32_t nextFrame
= input_readU32(input_recordData
+ input_recordPosition
);
224 if (input_frame
>= nextFrame
)
226 input_recordPosition
+= 4;
228 uint8_t rec
= input_recordData
[input_recordPosition
];
232 case SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_DOWN
:
233 case SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_UP
:
234 input_recordPosition
++;
235 input_keyStates
[input_recordData
[input_recordPosition
]] = rec
== SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_DOWN
;
236 input_recordPosition
++;
239 case SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_X
:
240 case SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_Y
:
241 input_recordPosition
++;
242 input_mousePosition
[rec
== SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_Y
] =
243 input_readU32(input_recordData
+ input_recordPosition
);
244 input_recordPosition
+= 4;
247 case SMALLINPUT_RECORD_END
:
248 input_recordPosition
= input_recordSize
;
251 default: /*printf("corrupt record\n");*/ break;
260 while (1) // keyboard
262 if (read(input_keyboardFile
, &event
, sizeof(event
)) <= 0)
265 if (event
.type
== EV_KEY
&& (event
.value
== 1 || event
.value
== 0))
266 for (uint16_t i
= 0; i
< 256; ++i
)
267 if (event
.code
== input_linuxCodes
[i
])
269 input_keyStates
[i
] = event
.value
;
276 if (read(input_mouseFile
, &event
, sizeof(event
)) <= 0)
279 if (event
.type
== EV_REL
)
280 input_mousePosition
[event
.code
% 2] += event
.value
;
281 else if (event
.type
== EV_KEY
)
284 event
.code
== BTN_LEFT
? SMALLINPUT_MOUSE_L
:
285 (event
.code
== BTN_RIGHT
? SMALLINPUT_MOUSE_R
: SMALLINPUT_MOUSE_M
)]
291 for (uint16_t i
= 0; i
< 256; ++i
)
292 if (input_keyStates
[i
] && input_keyStates
[i
] < 255)
293 input_keyStates
[i
]++;
295 if (input_mode
== SMALLINPUT_MODE_RECORD
)
297 for (uint8_t i
= 0; i
< 2; ++i
) // record mouse events
298 if (input_mousePositionPrevious
[i
] != input_mousePosition
[i
])
300 input_recordU32(input_frame
+ 1);
301 input_recordU8((i
== 0) ? SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_X
: SMALLINPUT_RECORD_MOUSE_Y
);
302 input_recordU32(input_mousePosition
[i
]);
304 input_mousePositionPrevious
[i
] = input_mousePosition
[i
];
307 for (uint16_t i
= 0; i
< 256; ++i
) // record key events
309 uint8_t a
= input_keyStates
[i
] > 0;
310 uint8_t b
= input_keyStatesPrevious
[i
] > 0;
314 input_recordU32(input_frame
+ 1);
315 input_recordU8(a
? SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_DOWN
: SMALLINPUT_RECORD_KEY_UP
);
318 input_keyStatesPrevious
[i
] = input_keyStates
[i
];
327 Returns the number of input frames for which given key has been pressed (> 1:
328 key is pressed, == 1: key was just pressed, == 0: key is not pressed).
330 static inline uint8_t input_getKey(uint8_t key
)
332 if (key
>= 'a' && key
<= 'z')
333 key
= 'A' + (key
- 'a');
335 return input_keyStates
[key
];
339 Gets the mouse position.
341 static inline void input_getMousePos(int32_t *x
, int32_t *y
)
343 *x
= input_mousePosition
[0];
344 *y
= input_mousePosition
[1];
347 static inline void input_setMousePos(int32_t x
, int32_t y
)
349 input_mousePosition
[0] = x
;
350 input_mousePosition
[1] = y
;
354 Prints the current input state.
358 printf("frame: %d\nmouse pos: %d %d",input_frame
,input_mousePosition
[0],input_mousePosition
[1]);
360 for (uint16_t i
= 0; i
< 256; ++i
)
365 char c
= (i
> ' ' && i
<= 126) ? i
: '?';
367 uint8_t n
= input_getKey(i
);
369 printf("%s",n
? " [" : " ");
370 printf("%03d (\'%c\'): %03d",i
,c
,input_getKey(i
));
371 printf("%s",n
? "] " : " ");
377 void input_printRecord()
379 for (uint32_t i
= 0; i
< input_recordPosition
; ++i
)
384 printf("%d,",input_recordData
[i
]);
388 uint32_t input_hash()
392 for (uint16_t i
= 0; i
< 256; ++i
)
393 result
+= input_getKey(i
) * (i
+ 1);
397 input_getMousePos(&x
,&y
);
399 result
+= x
+ y
<< 16;