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I've made so many changes I don't dare continue until I check the current stuff in. /test/testatomic.c performs absolutely basic tests to show that the function work as expected. Need a second test to do more detailed tests. /include/SDL_atomic.h provides declarations for all included functions. /src/atomic/linux/SDL_atomic.c provided all the functions. On a generic built the 64 bit functions work, but they are emulated. On a build for -march=pentium and above the 64 bit functions use native instructions /src/atomic/dummy/SDL_atomic.c emulates all the operations using SDL_mutex.h. /src/atomic/win32/SDL_atomic.c is a copy of dummy /src/atomic/macosx/SDL_atomic.s is a copy of dummy These versions of SDL_atomic.c provide a frame work for building the library with a mixture of native and emulated functions. This allows the whole library to be provided on all platforms. (I hope.) I hope this fits with the SDL philosophy of either providing a common subset or emulating when the platform is missing a feature. I have not added dummy, macosx, or win32 to the build. They are there as place holders for future work. I have modified congifure.in to compile sources in /src/atomic/linux. (The SDL configure.in file is an amazing piece of work and I hope I didn't mess it up. :-)
author Bob Pendleton <bob@pendleton.com>
date Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:54:43 +0000
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>Chapter 9. Joystick</H1
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><DT
><A
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>SDL_NumJoysticks</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Count available joysticks.</DT
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>SDL_JoystickName</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get joystick name.</DT
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>SDL_JoystickOpen</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Opens a joystick for use.</DT
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>SDL_JoystickOpened</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Determine if a joystick has been opened</DT
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>SDL_JoystickIndex</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the index of an SDL_Joystick.</DT
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>SDL_JoystickNumAxes</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the number of joystick axes</DT
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>SDL_JoystickNumBalls</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the number of joystick trackballs</DT
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>SDL_JoystickNumHats</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the number of joystick hats</DT
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>SDL_JoystickNumButtons</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the number of joysitck buttons</DT
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>SDL_JoystickUpdate</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Updates the state of all joysticks</DT
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>SDL_JoystickGetAxis</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the current state of an axis</DT
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>SDL_JoystickGetHat</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the current state of a joystick hat</DT
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>SDL_JoystickGetButton</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the current state of a given button on a given joystick</DT
><DT
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>SDL_JoystickGetBall</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get relative trackball motion</DT
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>SDL_JoystickClose</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Closes a previously opened joystick</DT
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>Joysticks, and other similar input devices, have a very strong role in game playing and SDL provides comprehensive support for them. Axes, Buttons, POV Hats and trackballs are all supported.</P
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>Joystick support is initialized by passed the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK</TT
> flag to <A
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><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_Init</TT
></A
>. Once initilized joysticks must be opened using <A
HREF="sdljoystickopen.html"
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_JoystickOpen</TT
></A
>.</P
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>While using the functions describe in this secton may seem like the best way to access and read from joysticks, in most cases they aren't. Ideally joysticks should be read using the <A
HREF="event.html"
>event</A
> system. To enable this, you must set the joystick event processing state with <A
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><TT
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>SDL_JoystickEventState</TT
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>. Joysticks must be <A
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>opened</A
> before they can be used of course.</P
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> handling the joystick via the event queue then you must explicitly request a joystick update by calling <A
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><TT
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>SDL_JoystickUpdate</TT
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>.</P
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>Force Feedback is not yet support. Sam (slouken@libsdl.org) is soliciting suggestions from people with force-feedback experience on the best wat to desgin the API.</P
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