[Plib-devel] joystick jungle

[Bram S. <br...@sa...>]

sgHello()


I'm struggling with the lack of joystick/gamepad/wheel standardization.
There does not seem to be a manner by which I can get to
know more about an axis for a linux joystick.

Maybe this kind of stuff is in directx, but I want this
kind of info on joystick axes:

- Is axis part of a 2DOF joystick?
- Is axis an accelerator pedal?
- Is axis a brake padel?
- Is axis combined brake/accel?
- If axis is up/down joystick, is up positive or negative?
- Is the axis analog?
   (Strangely enough, digital pads are treated as axes, not buttons)

I assume no API exists for getting this info.
And if this is the case, I think a 'joystick database' indexed
by the USB device name would be a valuable asset for many projects.

Does anyone on this list know whether such a db exists?
And if not, I think I want to start one. I dont care if at first
it will only contain a handful of the 1000s of current gamepads.

The alternative is probably to burden the user by configuring
his joystick which seems ugly to me.

   Bram