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+# Revision history for evdev-streamly
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- 2020-05-30
+
+* Split out from `evdev` package.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2019, George Thomas
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of George Thomas nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Evdev + Streamly
+================
+
+This library provides provides a high level [Streamly](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/streamly)-based interface to [evdev](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/evdev), for working with streams of input events.
+
+It doesn't re-export anything, so you will almost certainly also need to depend directly on both of those packages.
+
+Many of the functions in this library make use of concurrency, so you will probably want `--ghc-options=-threaded` for any executables you build, in order to enable the threaded runtime, and get the expected behaviour. This should be on by default in a near-future version of GHC.
+
+Why streamly?
+-------------
+Compared to other Haskell streaming libraries, I've found `streamly` to have a remarkably easy-to-use API, and the best, simplest support for concurrency. For example, merging concurrent streams of events, from different devices, is trivial.
+
+If you wish to use this library alongside `conduit`, `pipes` etc. then see [here](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/streamly-0.7.0/docs/Streamly-Tutorial.html#g:39) for a guide on interoperation.
diff --git a/evdev-streamly.cabal b/evdev-streamly.cabal
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+cabal-version:       3.0
+name:                evdev-streamly
+version:             0.0.1.0
+author:              George Thomas
+maintainer:          George Thomas
+synopsis:            Bridge for working with evdev and streamly
+description:
+    Functions for working with streams of input events.
+    Often much more pleasant than working in a more imperative style.
+homepage:            https://github.com/georgefst/evdev
+license:             BSD-3-Clause
+license-file:        LICENSE
+category:            Streamly, System
+extra-source-files:
+    CHANGELOG.md
+    README.md
+
+source-repository head
+    type: git
+    location: git://github.com/georgefst/evdev.git
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:
+        Evdev.Stream
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+    ghc-options:
+        -Wall
+    build-depends:
+        base                 >= 4.11 && < 5,
+        bytestring           ^>= 0.10,
+        containers           ^>= 0.6.2,
+        evdev                ^>= 2.0,
+        extra                ^>= {1.6.18, 1.7},
+        posix-paths          ^>= 0.2.1,
+        rawfilepath          ^>= 0.2.4,
+        streamly             ^>= {0.6.1, 0.7},
+        streamly-fsnotify    ^>= 1.1.1,
+        unix                 ^>= 2.7.2,
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    default-extensions:
+        DerivingStrategies
+        FlexibleContexts
+        GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving
+        LambdaCase
+        NumericUnderscores
+        OverloadedStrings
+        ScopedTypeVariables
+        TupleSections
+        ViewPatterns
diff --git a/src/Evdev/Stream.hs b/src/Evdev/Stream.hs
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+-- | Functions for working with streams of input events.
+-- Unless stated otherwise, these functions will throw exceptions if the underlying C calls fail.
+module Evdev.Stream (
+    allDevices,
+    allEvents,
+    makeDevices,
+    newDevices,
+    readEvents,
+    readEventsMany,
+) where
+
+import Data.Bool
+import Data.Either.Extra
+import Data.Functor
+import System.IO
+import System.IO.Error
+
+import Data.Set (Set)
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
+import RawFilePath.Directory (RawFilePath,doesFileExist,listDirectory)
+import qualified Streamly.FSNotify as N
+import Streamly.FSNotify (FSEntryType(NotDir),watchDirectory)
+import System.Posix.FilePath ((</>))
+
+import Streamly
+import qualified Streamly.Prelude as S
+
+import Evdev
+
+--TODO provide a 'group' operation on streams, representing packets as sets
+
+-- | Read all events from a device.
+readEvents :: Device -> SerialT IO Event
+readEvents = S.repeatM . nextEvent
+
+-- | Concurrently read events from multiple devices.
+-- If a read fails on one, the exception is printed to stderr and the stream continues to read from the others.
+readEventsMany :: IsStream t => AsyncT IO Device -> t IO (Device, Event)
+readEventsMany ds = asyncly $ do
+    d <- ds
+    S.map (d,) $ serially $ readEvents' d
+    where
+        -- catch all IO errors
+        readEvents' = unfoldM . printIOError' . nextEvent
+        readEvents' :: Device -> SerialT IO Event
+
+-- | Create devices for all paths in the stream.
+makeDevices :: IsStream t => t IO RawFilePath -> t IO Device
+makeDevices = S.mapM newDevice
+
+-- | All events on all valid devices (in /\/dev\/input/).
+-- Prints any exceptions.
+--
+-- > allEvents == readEventsMany allDevices
+allEvents :: IsStream t => t IO (Device, Event)
+allEvents = readEventsMany allDevices
+
+--TODO call this 'oldDevices' or 'existingDevices', and have 'allDevices' include 'newDevices'?
+-- | All valid existing devices (in /\/dev\/input/).
+-- If a device can't be initialised for an individual path, then the exception is printed,
+-- and the function continues to try to initialise the others.
+allDevices :: (IsStream t, Monad (t IO)) => t IO Device
+allDevices =
+    let paths = S.filterM doesFileExist $ S.map (evdevDir </>) $ S.fromFoldable =<< S.yieldM (listDirectory evdevDir)
+    in  S.mapMaybeM (printIOError' . newDevice) paths
+
+--TODO perhaps streamly-fsnotify ought to use RawFilePath?
+-- | All new devices created (in /\/dev\/input/).
+-- Watches for new file paths (using \inotify\), and those corresponding to valid devices are added to the stream.
+newDevices :: (IsStream t, Monad (t IO)) => t IO Device
+newDevices =
+    let -- 'watching' keeps track of the set of paths which have been added, but don't yet have the right permissions
+        watch :: Set RawFilePath -> N.Event -> IO (Maybe Device, Set RawFilePath)
+        watch watching = \case
+            N.Added (BS.pack -> p) _ NotDir ->
+                tryNewDevice p <&> \case
+                    Right d -> -- success - return new device
+                        (Just d, watching)
+                    Left e -> -- fail - if it's only a permission error then watch for changes on device
+                        (Nothing, applyWhen (isPermissionError e) (Set.insert p) watching)
+            N.Modified (BS.pack -> p) _ NotDir ->
+                if p `elem` watching then
+                    tryNewDevice p <&> \case
+                        Right d -> -- success - no longer watch for changes
+                            (Just d, Set.delete p watching)
+                        Left _ -> -- fail - continue to watch
+                            (Nothing, watching)
+                else -- this isn't an event we care about
+                    return (Nothing, watching)
+            N.Removed (BS.pack -> p) _ NotDir -> -- device is gone - no longer watch for changes
+                return (Nothing, Set.delete p watching)
+            _ -> return (Nothing, watching)
+        tryNewDevice = printIOError . newDevice
+    in do
+        (_,es) <- S.yieldM $ watchDirectory (BS.unpack evdevDir) N.everything
+        scanMaybe watch Set.empty es
+
+
+{- Util -}
+
+-- specialized form of S.scanlM'
+-- for each a, f updates s, and possibly produces a new b, to add to the output stream
+-- I really can't think of a good name for this...
+-- TODO perhaps some way to use State monad instead?
+scanMaybe :: (IsStream t, Monad m) => (s -> a -> m (Maybe b, s)) -> s -> t m a -> t m b
+scanMaybe f e  = S.mapMaybe fst . S.scanlM' (f . snd) (Nothing, e)
+
+-- specialised form of S.unfoldrM
+-- this should perhaps be in streamly (it's in monad-loops)
+--TODO this is rather ugly - can it be done in terms of the Unfold type?
+unfoldM :: (IsStream t, MonadAsync m) => m (Maybe a) -> t m a
+unfoldM x = S.unfoldrM (const $ fmap (,undefined) <$> x) undefined
+
+-- like tryIOError, but also prints the error to stderr
+printIOError :: IO a -> IO (Either IOError a)
+printIOError f = (Right <$> f) `catchIOError` \err -> do
+    hPrint stderr err
+    return $ Left err
+
+-- variant of printIOError which doesn't care what the exception was
+printIOError' :: IO a -> IO (Maybe a)
+printIOError' = fmap eitherToMaybe . printIOError
+
+-- apply the function iff the guard passes
+applyWhen :: Bool -> (a -> a) -> a -> a
+applyWhen = flip $ bool id
