Re: Re: H5550 Joypad Improvements

From: Radek Podgorny <radek_at_podgorny.cz>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:20:52 +0100

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That would be the cleanest solution. The "emit two moves" is an ugly hack.

Radek P.

Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 10:16 +0000, Robin Emery wrote:
>> My conclusion was that the user can learn to use the joypad well enough
>> with 8 directions, but it may be subject to personal taste. Ultimately,
>> applications designed for use on a PDA should be able to cope with
>> diagonal inputs as many PDAs have 8-way joypads and it would be a shame to
>> remove that functionality. However, as things currently stand, the 4-way
>> option is probably the best bet.
>
> Probably, the right answer is to create new keycodes for the diagonals
> and have the driver emit those as single events. That way,
> handheld-oriented applications can be taught to make use of them and
> legacy code will not be upset.
>
> p.
>
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