Re: [Plib-devel] Re: WIN32 USB joystick name problem - possible fix [was: Joystick documentation problem]

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

I'm just concerned that people are relying on reading the joystick name
string *at all*.

What are users of these applications going to do when they buy a joystick
in the future that doesn't exist right now and therefore isn't in your
database?

Perhaps the right thing to do is to write a joystick configuration tool
that's run by the jsInit() function that says something like:

   Wiggle your joystick left and right - then press SPACE
   Press the 'Fire' button - then press SPACE
   Operate the throttle (if you have one) - then press SPACE

...and so on for every axis and button.

The result could be stored in a file somewhere so that the next time the
JS library starts up (even for a different application), it would just
read the results from that file.

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