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- Lines: 122
- Date:
Tue Jan 4 10:12:10 2000
- Orig file:
v2.2.13/linux/Documentation/joystick-api.txt
- Orig date:
Wed Oct 21 08:43:33 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.2.13/linux/Documentation/joystick-api.txt linux/Documentation/joystick-api.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Joystick API Documentation -*-Text-*-
Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
- <ragnar@lightside.ddns.org>
+ <ragnar@lightside.dhis.org>
7 Aug 1998
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
...and so on
Hats vary from one joystick type to another. Some can be moved in 8
-directions, some only in 4, however, the driver always reports a hat as two
+directions, some only in 4, The driver, however, always reports a hat as two
independent axis, even if the hardware doesn't allow independent movement.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
For an axis, ``value'' is a signed integer between -32767 and +32767
representing the position of the joystick along that axis. If you
don't read a 0 when the joystick is `dead', or if it doesn't span the
-full range, you should recalibrate (with, for example, jscal).
+full range, you should recalibrate it (with, for example, jscal).
For a button, ``value'' for a press button event is 1 and for a release
button event is 0.
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@
Though this
if (js_event.type == JS_EVENT_BUTTON) {
- buttons_state ^= (1 << js_event.number);
+ buttons_state ^= (1 << js_event.number);
}
may work well if you handle JS_EVENT_INIT events separately,
if ((js_event.type & ~JS_EVENT_INIT) == JS_EVENT_BUTTON) {
- if (js_event.value)
- buttons_state |= (1 << js_event.number);
- else
- buttons_state &= ~(1 << js_event.number);
+ if (js_event.value)
+ buttons_state |= (1 << js_event.number);
+ else
+ buttons_state &= ~(1 << js_event.number);
}
is much safer since it can't lose sync with the driver. As you would
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
2.4 js_event.time
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
The time an event was generated is stored in ``js_event.time''. It's a time
in miliseconds since ... well, since sometime in the past. This eases the
task of detecting double clicks, figuring out if movement of axis and button
@@ -144,14 +145,14 @@
For example,
while (1) {
- while (read (fd, &e, sizeof(struct js_event)) > 0) {
- process_event (e);
- }
- /* EAGAIN is returned when the queue is empty */
- if (errno != EAGAIN) {
- /* error */
- }
- /* do something interesting with processed events */
+ while (read (fd, &e, sizeof(struct js_event)) > 0) {
+ process_event (e);
+ }
+ /* EAGAIN is returned when the queue is empty */
+ if (errno != EAGAIN) {
+ /* error */
+ }
+ /* do something interesting with processed events */
}
One reason for emptying the queue is that if it gets full you'll start
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@
#ifdef JS_VERSION
#if JS_VERSION > 0xsomething
+
4.2 JSIOCGNAME
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@
strncpy(name, "Unknown", sizeof(name));
printf("Name: %s\n", name);
+
4.3 JSIOC[SG]CORR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -266,10 +269,10 @@
struct JS_DATA_TYPE js;
while (1) {
- if (read (fd, &js, JS_RETURN) != JS_RETURN) {
- /* error */
- }
- usleep (1000);
+ if (read (fd, &js, JS_RETURN) != JS_RETURN) {
+ /* error */
+ }
+ usleep (1000);
}
As you can figure out from the example, the read returns immediately,
@@ -296,8 +299,9 @@
center, and 255 maximum value.
The v0.8.0.2 driver also had an interface for 'digital joysticks', (now
-called Multisystem joystick in this driver), under /dev/djsX. This driver
+called Multisystem joysticks in this driver), under /dev/djsX. This driver
doesn't try to be compatible with that interface.
+
6. Final Notes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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