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- Joystick API Documentation -*-Text-*-
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+==========================
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+Joystick API Documentation
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+==========================
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- Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
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- <ragnar@macula.net>
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+:Author: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <ragnar@macula.net> - 7 Aug 1998
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- 7 Aug 1998
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-
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-1. Initialization
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+Initialization
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+==============
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Open the joystick device following the usual semantics (that is, with open).
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Since the driver now reports events instead of polling for changes,
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@@ -14,18 +13,20 @@ immediately after the open it will issue a series of synthetic events
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(JS_EVENT_INIT) that you can read to check the initial state of the
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joystick.
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-By default, the device is opened in blocking mode.
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+By default, the device is opened in blocking mode::
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int fd = open ("/dev/input/js0", O_RDONLY);
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-2. Event Reading
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+Event Reading
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+=============
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+
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+::
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struct js_event e;
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read (fd, &e, sizeof(e));
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-where js_event is defined as
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+where js_event is defined as::
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struct js_event {
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__u32 time; /* event timestamp in milliseconds */
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@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ If the read is successful, it will return sizeof(e), unless you wanted to read
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more than one event per read as described in section 3.1.
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-2.1 js_event.type
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+js_event.type
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+-------------
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-The possible values of ``type'' are
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+The possible values of ``type`` are::
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#define JS_EVENT_BUTTON 0x01 /* button pressed/released */
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#define JS_EVENT_AXIS 0x02 /* joystick moved */
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@@ -49,47 +50,50 @@ The possible values of ``type'' are
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As mentioned above, the driver will issue synthetic JS_EVENT_INIT ORed
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events on open. That is, if it's issuing a INIT BUTTON event, the
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-current type value will be
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+current type value will be::
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int type = JS_EVENT_BUTTON | JS_EVENT_INIT; /* 0x81 */
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If you choose not to differentiate between synthetic or real events
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-you can turn off the JS_EVENT_INIT bits
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+you can turn off the JS_EVENT_INIT bits::
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type &= ~JS_EVENT_INIT; /* 0x01 */
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-2.2 js_event.number
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+js_event.number
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+---------------
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-The values of ``number'' correspond to the axis or button that
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+The values of ``number`` correspond to the axis or button that
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generated the event. Note that they carry separate numeration (that
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is, you have both an axis 0 and a button 0). Generally,
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- number
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+ =============== =======
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+ Axis number
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+ =============== =======
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1st Axis X 0
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1st Axis Y 1
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2nd Axis X 2
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2nd Axis Y 3
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...and so on
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+ =============== =======
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Hats vary from one joystick type to another. Some can be moved in 8
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directions, some only in 4, The driver, however, always reports a hat as two
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independent axis, even if the hardware doesn't allow independent movement.
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-2.3 js_event.value
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+js_event.value
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+--------------
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-For an axis, ``value'' is a signed integer between -32767 and +32767
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+For an axis, ``value`` is a signed integer between -32767 and +32767
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representing the position of the joystick along that axis. If you
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-don't read a 0 when the joystick is `dead', or if it doesn't span the
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+don't read a 0 when the joystick is ``dead``, or if it doesn't span the
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full range, you should recalibrate it (with, for example, jscal).
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-For a button, ``value'' for a press button event is 1 and for a release
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+For a button, ``value`` for a press button event is 1 and for a release
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button event is 0.
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-Though this
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+Though this::
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if (js_event.type == JS_EVENT_BUTTON) {
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buttons_state ^= (1 << js_event.number);
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@@ -97,6 +101,8 @@ Though this
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may work well if you handle JS_EVENT_INIT events separately,
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+::
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if ((js_event.type & ~JS_EVENT_INIT) == JS_EVENT_BUTTON) {
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if (js_event.value)
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buttons_state |= (1 << js_event.number);
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@@ -109,17 +115,17 @@ have to write a separate handler for JS_EVENT_INIT events in the first
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snippet, this ends up being shorter.
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-2.4 js_event.time
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+js_event.time
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+-------------
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-The time an event was generated is stored in ``js_event.time''. It's a time
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+The time an event was generated is stored in ``js_event.time``. It's a time
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in milliseconds since ... well, since sometime in the past. This eases the
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task of detecting double clicks, figuring out if movement of axis and button
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presses happened at the same time, and similar.
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-3. Reading
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-~~~~~~~~~~
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+Reading
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+=======
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If you open the device in blocking mode, a read will block (that is,
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wait) forever until an event is generated and effectively read. There
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@@ -133,8 +139,8 @@ admittedly, a long time;)
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b) open the device in non-blocking mode (O_NONBLOCK)
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-3.1 O_NONBLOCK
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+O_NONBLOCK
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+----------
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If read returns -1 when reading in O_NONBLOCK mode, this isn't
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necessarily a "real" error (check errno(3)); it can just mean there
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@@ -143,6 +149,8 @@ all events on the queue (that is, until you get a -1).
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For example,
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+::
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+
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while (1) {
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while (read (fd, &e, sizeof(e)) > 0) {
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process_event (e);
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@@ -171,14 +179,17 @@ the driver will switch to startup mode and next time you read it,
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synthetic events (JS_EVENT_INIT) will be generated to inform you of
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the actual state of the joystick.
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-[As for version 1.2.8, the queue is circular and able to hold 64
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+.. note::
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+ As for version 1.2.8, the queue is circular and able to hold 64
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events. You can increment this size bumping up JS_BUFF_SIZE in
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- joystick.h and recompiling the driver.]
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+ joystick.h and recompiling the driver.
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In the above code, you might as well want to read more than one event
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at a time using the typical read(2) functionality. For that, you would
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-replace the read above with something like
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+replace the read above with something like::
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struct js_event mybuffer[0xff];
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int i = read (fd, mybuffer, sizeof(mybuffer));
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@@ -189,10 +200,10 @@ sizeof(js_event) Again, if the buffer was full, it's a good idea to
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process the events and keep reading it until you empty the driver queue.
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-4. IOCTLs
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-~~~~~~~~~
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+IOCTLs
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+======
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-The joystick driver defines the following ioctl(2) operations.
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+The joystick driver defines the following ioctl(2) operations::
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/* function 3rd arg */
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#define JSIOCGAXES /* get number of axes char */
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@@ -202,31 +213,31 @@ The joystick driver defines the following ioctl(2) operations.
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#define JSIOCSCORR /* set correction values &js_corr */
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#define JSIOCGCORR /* get correction values &js_corr */
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-For example, to read the number of axes
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+For example, to read the number of axes::
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char number_of_axes;
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ioctl (fd, JSIOCGAXES, &number_of_axes);
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-4.1 JSIOGCVERSION
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+JSIOGCVERSION
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+-------------
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JSIOGCVERSION is a good way to check in run-time whether the running
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driver is 1.0+ and supports the event interface. If it is not, the
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IOCTL will fail. For a compile-time decision, you can test the
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-JS_VERSION symbol
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+JS_VERSION symbol::
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#ifdef JS_VERSION
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#if JS_VERSION > 0xsomething
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-4.2 JSIOCGNAME
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+JSIOCGNAME
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+----------
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JSIOCGNAME(len) allows you to get the name string of the joystick - the same
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as is being printed at boot time. The 'len' argument is the length of the
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buffer provided by the application asking for the name. It is used to avoid
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-possible overrun should the name be too long.
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+possible overrun should the name be too long::
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char name[128];
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if (ioctl(fd, JSIOCGNAME(sizeof(name)), name) < 0)
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printf("Name: %s\n", name);
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-4.3 JSIOC[SG]CORR
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+JSIOC[SG]CORR
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+-------------
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For usage on JSIOC[SG]CORR I suggest you to look into jscal.c They are
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not needed in a normal program, only in joystick calibration software
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Both JSIOCSCORR and JSIOCGCORR expect &js_corr to be able to hold
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information for all axis. That is, struct js_corr corr[MAX_AXIS];
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-struct js_corr is defined as
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+struct js_corr is defined as::
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struct js_corr {
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__s32 coef[8];
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__u16 type;
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};
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-and ``type''
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+and ``type``::
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#define JS_CORR_NONE 0x00 /* returns raw values */
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#define JS_CORR_BROKEN 0x01 /* broken line */
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-5. Backward compatibility
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+Backward compatibility
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+======================
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The 0.x joystick driver API is quite limited and its usage is deprecated.
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-The driver offers backward compatibility, though. Here's a quick summary:
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+The driver offers backward compatibility, though. Here's a quick summary::
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struct JS_DATA_TYPE js;
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while (1) {
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}
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As you can figure out from the example, the read returns immediately,
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-with the actual state of the joystick.
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+with the actual state of the joystick::
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struct JS_DATA_TYPE {
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int buttons; /* immediate button state */
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@@ -283,12 +294,14 @@ with the actual state of the joystick.
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int y; /* immediate y axis value */
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};
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-and JS_RETURN is defined as
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+and JS_RETURN is defined as::
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#define JS_RETURN sizeof(struct JS_DATA_TYPE)
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To test the state of the buttons,
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+::
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+
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first_button_state = js.buttons & 1;
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second_button_state = js.buttons & 2;
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@@ -302,13 +315,12 @@ called Multisystem joysticks in this driver), under /dev/djsX. This driver
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doesn't try to be compatible with that interface.
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-6. Final Notes
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+Final Notes
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+===========
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-____/| Comments, additions, and specially corrections are welcome.
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-\ o.O| Documentation valid for at least version 1.2.8 of the joystick
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- =(_)= driver and as usual, the ultimate source for documentation is
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- U to "Use The Source Luke" or, at your convenience, Vojtech ;)
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+::
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- - Ragnar
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-EOF
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+ ____/| Comments, additions, and specially corrections are welcome.
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+ \ o.O| Documentation valid for at least version 1.2.8 of the joystick
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+ =(_)= driver and as usual, the ultimate source for documentation is
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+ U to "Use The Source Luke" or, at your convenience, Vojtech ;)
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