History: OIS

            A cross-platform library that supports many different human interface devices, in three basic device categories:
* keyboards
* mice
* joysticks

It is an open source library, so you can make changes and alterations as you see them to fit. The creator and maintainer is ((User:pjcast|pjcast)).

OIS is used in OGRE since version 1.4 (((EihortNotes|Eihort))).

__Note:__ The download seems to be rather old, it's probably a good idea to grab it directly from cvs:

{MONO()}cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@wgois.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/wgois login{MONO}
  
{MONO()}cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@wgois.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/wgois co -P ois{MONO}

__Paramlist:__
If you are wondering about the string parameters that go into the paramlist when calling inputManager->createInputSystem(paramlist), here's how to find out about them:

- Download the OIS Source (eg from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/wgois/])
- Recommended: Have a look at createInputSystem in OISInputManager.cpp, you will see that a derived InputManager object is created depending on your system.
- Look at the derived Input manager class in the specific folder; eg. for windows, look at win32/Win32InputManager.cpp
- Look at the methods _initialize and _parseConfigSettings, and all will be made clear :)

!!See Also

* ((Using OIS))
* ((Simple keyboard string editing)) snippet (a small class to take key presses and edit a string)
* ((MOIS)) (using OIS with ((MOGRE|Mogre)))
* ((MadMarx Tutorial 10)) - Input Using OIS 

!!External Links
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wgois|SourceForge project page]
* [http://geeksden.sourceforge.net/OISAPI.zip|OIS API created with doxygen]
* [http://www.wreckedgames.com/forum/index.php?board=6.0|OIS User Forum]
* [http://www.wreckedgames.com/forum/index.php?board=7.0|OIS Development Forum]
* [http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=322494#p322494|Input handling by WinAPI] as alternative to OIS (a little bit more efficient; needed for multiple mice or keyboards)
* [http://sourceforge.net/p/oics|ICS library] a more abstract input control system based on OIS (it is based on controls and channels; it can read/save XML configuration files; it includes automatic key/mouse/joystick binding)
* [http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=60635|OISB] - input library, which wraps OIS and provides means to make action binding/mapping