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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:09:53 -0400 (EDT) From: David MacCormack Subject: [SDL] Linux joystick patch I recently got myself a PS2 -> USB converter (a super joybox 5). It accepts 4 PSX/PS2 controllers. It's implemented as a HID, which is nice because it doesn't require its own driver, but the problem is that it's implemented as a *single* HID -- that is, it shows up as a single joystick with 19 axes, 4 hats, and 48 buttons. This poses a problem for a number of apps which use SDL (stella, fce ultra, zsnes, to name a few) and see only a single (physical) joystick even though there are really 4 (logical) joysticks. There are a number of these types of devices on the market, and I've seen others post messages (in the zsnes forum, for example) with the same problem, so I came up with what I think is a pretty generic solution. I patched src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystic.c to include support for logical joysticks; basically, it's a static array and supporting functions that map a single physical joystick to multiple logical joysticks. The attached patch has the new code. It's wrapped inside #ifndef statements so that you can get the old behavior if you want.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sun, 16 May 2004 18:46:24 +0000
parents e5bc29de3f0a
children 546f7c1eb755
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.TH "SDL_PollEvent" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_PollEvent\- Polls for currently pending events\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBint \fBSDL_PollEvent\fP\fR(\fBSDL_Event *event\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Polls for currently pending events, and returns \fB1\fR if there are any pending events, or \fB0\fR if there are none available\&. 
.PP
If \fBevent\fR is not \fBNULL\fP, the next event is removed from the queue and stored in that area\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
.PP
.nf
\f(CWSDL_Event event; /* Event structure */

\&.
\&.
\&.
/* Check for events */
while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)){  /* Loop until there are no events left on the queue */
  switch(event\&.type){  /* Process the appropiate event type */
    case SDL_KEYDOWN:  /* Handle a KEYDOWN event */         
      printf("Oh! Key press
");
      break;
    case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
      \&.
      \&.
      \&.
    default: /* Report an unhandled event */
      printf("I don\&'t know what this event is!
");
  }
}\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_Event\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_WaitEvent\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PeepEvents\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59