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| author | Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@arcor.de> | 2007-12-05 22:17:36 +0100 |
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| committer | Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@arcor.de> | 2007-12-05 22:17:36 +0100 |
| commit | 78616fb8174e93a2c3c523bd425acc33a4b8773c (patch) | |
| tree | 5ff8f691269b107b8c46ececff167f99724a5a01 /man/joystick.man | |
| parent | 9e5f4e6fccb8c9e1b6c4dfccb39f1f0c89f79b60 (diff) | |
Mentioned multiple backends in man page
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/joystick.man | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/joystick.man b/man/joystick.man index cd08098..786228b 100644 --- a/man/joystick.man +++ b/man/joystick.man @@ -13,8 +13,15 @@ joystick \- Joystick input driver .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B joystick -is an __xservername__ input driver for Joysticks, using either Linux's -joystick devices or *BSD's uhid devices. The driver reports cursor movement +is an __xservername__ input driver for Joysticks. There are 3 backends available that are used in the following order, if support was found: + +.nf +.B - Linux's evdev interface +.B - Linux's joystick interface +.B - BSD's usbhid interface +.fi + +The driver reports cursor movement as well as raw axis values through valuators. .SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE @@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ are supported: Specifies the device through which the joystick can be accessed. This option is mandatory and there is no default setting. For Linux, joysticks are mostly accessible as -.IR /dev/input/jsX . +.IR /dev/input/jsX " or " /dev/input/eventX . For *BSD, joysticks are recognized as .IR /dev/uhidX . |