Libwiikeyboard

libwiikeyboard
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Author(s)	davyg
Type	Library
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Libwiikeyboard

Presentation

A library who permit to use one or more usbkeyboard on the wii using libogc and devkitpro.
It use directly the USB function and not the /dev/usb/kbd therefore It's a bit complicated to use for a more simple library but less powerful you can use libusbkbd

Download

Include and .a : File:Libwiikeyboard.tar.bz2
Source : File:Libwiikeyboard-src.tar.bz2

Compilation

make

Installation

make install or
copy lib/libwiikeyboard in libogc/lib/wii and include/* in libogc/include/wiikeyboard

Usage

To initialize :

KEYBOARD_Init();

In your main loop :

KEYBOARD_ScanKeyboards();

To get an event :

KEYBOARD_getEvent(keyboardEvent *event)

At the end :

KEYBOARD_Deinit();

Useful enum or struct :

typedef enum
{
	KEYBOARD_PRESSED = 0,
	KEYBOARD_RELEASED,
	KEYBOARD_DISCONNECTED,
	KEYBOARD_CONNECTED

}keyboard_eventType;

typedef struct _keyboard_keysym
{  
	u8 scancode;
	KEYBOARD_KEY sym;
	char ch;
	KEYBOARD_MOD mod;

}keyboard_keysym;

typedef struct _KeyboardEvent{
	keyboard_eventType type;
	keyboard_keysym keysym;
	device dev;

}keyboardEvent;

Todo

-Use the interrupt pipe in stead of control pipe
-Make the localization for other keyboard like AZERTY
-Implement a a function to use key reapeat