jtzero / vigilem

Vigilem => "watchful"; A cross platform device (currently just keyboard) DOM watcher, that converts native events to W3C DOM events

Vigilem

cross platform device (currently just keyboard) DOM watcher

Description

Vigilem is a meta-gem, which depends on vigilem-assembly (which in turn depends on vigilem-win32_api-stat, vigilem-evdev-stat) Vigilem installs, depending on the platform, vigilem-win32_api or vigilem-evdev.

installation

$gem install vigilem

(evdev/linux will ask for sudo/rvmsudo password)

examples

  #with sudo
  require 'vigilem/keyboard'
  k = Vigilem::Keyboard.new
  k.read_one

known_issues

• doesn't work on Mac or Bsd
• evdev load time it awful
• mapping/charset issues on evdev
• no write ability only read

rbenv, rvm

• rvm comes with sudo
• for rbenv install https://github.com/dcarley/rbenv-sudo

tested on

• ruby 2.0.0 [x64-mingw32] mri
• Linux kernels 3.15, 3.2.0
• ruby 2.0.0 x64 Linux mri
• ruby 2.0.0 x32 Linux mri

Roadmap

• 1.0.0:
  • @todo's, bug fixes, evdev load performance
  • Mac/Bsd
  • mouse
  • jettison system items to own gems
  • less brittel tests
• next
  • real Xwindow backend
  • use an idl compiler
  • complete ffi items
• looking forward
  • WindowsRT/touch events/ next gen win api
  • wayland/mir etc

Also see

• http://github.com/jtzero/vigilem-assembly
• http://github.com/jtzero/vigilem-core
• http://github.com/jtzero/vigilem-evdev
• http://github.com/jtzero/vigilem-win32_api