Re: [Qemu-devel] Joystick, gameport, midi, PC speaker and better sound cards support

[Andrew Francis]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 03:03:03AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to know if joystick support is being considered for inclusion into
> qemu someday ?
*snip*
> for the host side of business , in the case of linux the js* interface takes
> care of everything and is surprisingly easy to use (I made a program fully
> joystick aware with the "gambas" language in less than a day)

The SDL library (already used by qemu for keyboard/mouse/display) has
joystick support. I had a go at implementing joystick support a while
back, but it doesn't work yet - my test case, TIE Fighter on MS-DOS,
responded initially but would stop responding to movement/buttons
halfway through the calibration.

I was actually planning to dust it off this coming weekend and try to
get it working. If anyone else is really eager to have a go before then,
let me know and I'll throw a patch together.

-- 
Andrew Francis
Perth, Australia
http://www.sullust.net/