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+#ifndef INPUT_NOTICER_H_
+#define INPUT_NOTICER_H_
+
+/*
+ * input_noticer - input noticer external for pure-data
+ *
+ * David Merrill <dmerrill@media.mit.edu>
+ *
+ * Description: Using dbus and the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) in linux, 
+ * this external allows pd to find all linux device files for a given device type.
+ * This scanning behavior can happen when the external is set up (via a [bang]),
+ * and will happen automatically when a new device is added to the system. An
+ * example linux device file would be:
+ * 
+ * /dev/input/event5
+ * 
+ * The pd user specifies device type as a string - i.e. "SideWinder Dual Strike", and
+ * this external outputs lists containing an index, and the linux device file where 
+ * each device of the given type was found. For example
+ * 
+ * {0, /dev/input/event5}
+ * {1, /dev/input/event6}
+ * 
+ * These lists can be routed in PD with the [route] object - see the help file for
+ * more details.
+ * 
+ * Thanks to Dan Willmans, Seth Nickell, and David Zeuthen for their 
+ * invaluable help with the whole dbus/hal part. Also, thanks to Hans-Christoph
+ * Steiner for his help with (and creation of) the joystick external.
+ * 
+ * For good examples and reference on dbus/hal, please see: 
+ * NetworkManager.c: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/NetworkManager/src/NetworkManager.c?rev=1.100&view=markup
+ * libhal.h: http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/hal/hal/libhal/libhal.h?rev=1.32&view=markup
+ * 
+ * Parts of this code were pulled from those examples.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <m_pd.h>
+
+//#define DEBUG(x)
+#define DEBUG(x) x 
+
+#endif /*INPUT_NOTICER_H_*/