LibGII API Manual

Steve Cheng

This document describes the application programming interface for LibGII, a flexible library for input. It is used by LibGGI.

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Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. General
3. Library control
giiInit — Initialize and uninitialize LibGII
giiPanic — Exit LibGII programs for fatal errors
4. Input management
giiOpen — Open, join and close inputs
giiSetEventMask — set the types of events you want to see
giiEventPoll — wait for and receive events
giiEventSend — inject an event into the input
5. Event Structures
Key events
GGI keysym system
Pointer movement events
Pointer button events
Commands and information
Device information
Valuators
Expose events
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