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Actually, this is a better fix...clear the error state once if everything we need loaded; it's more efficient, and works even if the last unnecessary xrandr symbol failed to load. Otherwise, leave the original loadso error, so the end user can find out what symbol failed.
author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
date Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:00:10 +0000
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>SDL_JoystickOpen</H1
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>SDL_JoystickOpen&nbsp;--&nbsp;Opens a joystick for use.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>SDL_Joystick *<B
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>SDL_JoystickOpen</B
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>(int index);</CODE
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>Opens a joystick for use within SDL. The <TT
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>SDL_Joystick *joy;
// Check for joystick
if(SDL_NumJoysticks()&#62;0){
  // Open joystick
  joy=SDL_JoystickOpen(0);
  
  if(joy)
  {
    printf("Opened Joystick 0\n");
    printf("Name: %s\n", SDL_JoystickName(0));
    printf("Number of Axes: %d\n", SDL_JoystickNumAxes(joy));
    printf("Number of Buttons: %d\n", SDL_JoystickNumButtons(joy));
    printf("Number of Balls: %d\n", SDL_JoystickNumBalls(joy));
  }
  else
    printf("Couldn't open Joystick 0\n");
  
  // Close if opened
  if(SDL_JoystickOpened(0))
    SDL_JoystickClose(joy);
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