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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:14:00 +0200
From: "Eckhard Stolberg"
Subject: Controller names in SDL for Windows
I'm working on an Atari 2600 emulator for different systems that uses
the SDL. Some time ago someone created an adaptor that lets you use
your old Atari controllers with your computer through the USB port.
Some of the Atari controllers require special handling by the emulator,
so it would be nice, if it would be possible to detect if any of the
controllers connected to the computer is this adaptor.
SDL would allow that with the SDL_JoystickName function, but unfortunately
it doesn't work properly on Windows. On Linux and MacOSX this function
returns the name of the controller, but on Windows you'll only get the
name of the joystick driver. Most joysticks nowadays use the generic
Microsoft driver, so they all return the same name.
In an old MSDN article
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarinput/html/msdn_extdirect.asp)
Microsoft describes how to read out the OEM controller names from the registry.
I have implemented this for the SDL controller handler on Windows,
and now reading the joystick name works properly there too.
| author | Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:45:58 +0000 |
| parents | e5bc29de3f0a |
| children | 546f7c1eb755 |
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.TH "SDL_SetTimer" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" .SH "NAME" SDL_SetTimer\- Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has elapsed\&. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP \fB#include "SDL\&.h" .sp \fBint \fBSDL_SetTimer\fP\fR(\fBUint32 interval, SDL_TimerCallback callback\fR); .SH "CALLBACK" .PP /* Function prototype for the timer callback function */ typedef Uint32 (*SDL_TimerCallback)(Uint32 interval); .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has elapsed\&. The callback function is passed the current timer interval and returns the next timer interval\&. If the returned value is the same as the one passed in, the periodic alarm continues, otherwise a new alarm is scheduled\&. .PP To cancel a currently running timer, call \fBSDL_SetTimer(0, NULL);\fP .PP The timer callback function may run in a different thread than your main constant, and so shouldn\&'t call any functions from within itself\&. .PP The maximum resolution of this timer is 10 ms, which means that if you request a 16 ms timer, your callback will run approximately 20 ms later on an unloaded system\&. If you wanted to set a flag signaling a frame update at 30 frames per second (every 33 ms), you might set a timer for 30 ms (see example below)\&. .PP If you use this function, you need to pass \fBSDL_INIT_TIMER\fP to \fBSDL_Init()\fP\&. .PP .RS \fBNote: .PP This function is kept for compatibility but has been superseded by the new timer functions \fISDL_AddTimer\fR and \fISDL_RemoveTimer\fR which support multiple timers\&. .RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP .PP .nf \f(CWSDL_SetTimer((33/10)*10, my_callback);\fR .fi .PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fI\fBSDL_AddTimer\fP\fR ...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01