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author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2022-07-30 17:11:29 +0200 |
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committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2022-07-30 17:11:29 +0200 |
commit | fb4f6aaa779b4f4ff5dea511492f6c95c8eda572 (patch) | |
tree | c751f9a7b1217a7a86b0101591434808a8ba651f | |
parent | Minor improvements (diff) | |
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Add readme
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se>
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +NAME + libgamepad - Game controller library + +DESCRIPTION + libgamepad is a C library that implements game controller + support. libgamepad implements not only reading input and + applying force feedback, but also provides controller + information such as layout details, canoncial button names, + button icons, button colours, and conformity to well known + controller schemes, and applies fixes such as remapping buttons + and axes, and removing non-existent ones, correct axes + information, and apply calibrations, it even lets you + implement userspace drivers (however input reading only) if + kernel drivers are missing or lacking, as long as a hidraw + input device is available. + + Games for video gaming consoles know in advance how the + game controller is supposed to look for the platform it is + running on, but on PCs it does not have any information, + and can therefore not display an image of your controller, + tell you the names or colours, or display icons, for which + buttons to press. libgamepad aims to solve this, and make + controllers appears almost as native to PCs as to video + gaming consoles. @@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ Add support for quirks Add support for leds Add support for accelerometer and gyroscope Add man pages -Add readme file Add force feedback tests Fix error details in .h documentation |