ManyMouse

ManyMouse is a library that abstracts the handling of multiple mice input into a tiny, cross-platform API. It is meant to be used with games and non-traditional applications with unique input needs. On most platforms, it can at least make all USB mice available, but in many cases can make serial mice and built-in laptop trackpads available too.

Places ManyMouse is known to be used:

• ZSNES uses ManyMouse for games that support multiple inputs. Announcement is here.
• Let me know if you find this useful in your project!

What works:

• Linux 2.4/2.6/etc through the "evdev" kernel interface.
• MacOS X 10.0 through 10.4 through HID Utilities.
• MacOS X 10.5 and later through Leopard's improved HID Manager API.
• Windows XP and later through the WM_INPUT/RawInput API.
• Compiles/runs on Linux (x86 tested, gcc2+).
• Compiles/runs on MacOS X (PowerPC/Intel tested, gcc3+).
• Compiles/runs on Windows (x86 tested, msvc7+).
• May compile and run elsewhere with little to no modification. Success stories and patches are welcome.

• API is still evolving.
• Support for X11 XInput is planned, but is still unimplemented.
• Contributions of other ports are, of course, welcome.

ManyMouse is licensed under the zlib license. This means you can statically link it into a closed-source application and otherwise manipulate it however you like, without a warranty. I appreciate credit when you use it, but don't require it. I find this code useful, and hope you will, too.

Just about everything you need to know is here.

(coming soon.)

Downloading with Subversion:

ManyMouse's source code may be downloaded using Subversion. "Svn" allows you to get up-to-the-minute fixes and enhancements; as a developer works on a source tree, you can use svn to mirror that source tree instead of waiting for an official release. Please look at the Subversion website for more information on using svn, where you can also download software for MacOS, Windows, and Unix systems.

Here is the web interface to ManyMouse's svn repository.

To download ManyMouse via svn:

svn co svn://svn.icculus.org/manymouse/trunk/ manymouse

Page maintained by Ryan C. Gordon.