Evdev::FFI

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'evdev-ffi'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install evdev-ffi

Usage

require 'evdev/ffi'

device = Evdev::InputDevice.new('/dev/input/event0')

puts 'Input device name: "#{device.name}"'
puts 'Input device ID: bus #{device.bustype} vendor #{device.vendor} product #{device.product}'

if !device.has_event_type?(EV_REL) || !device.has_event_code?(EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT)
  puts 'This device does not look like a mouse'
  exit false
end

device.handle_events do |event|
  puts 'Event: #{event[:type]} #{event[:code]} #{event[:value]}'
end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/ofeldt/evdev-ffi/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request