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authorSascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@arcor.de>2012-10-03 17:39:55 +0200
committerSascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@arcor.de>2012-10-03 17:45:00 +0200
commitc473c8bd7985441d8264f8f48537d39dbe0c874e (patch)
treecc7a5683dcb4503f8988cb5af979b82c2fff9d81
parent56ebbd899f709b3fae7e382ac3429a4c87867c63 (diff)
man: mention use cases for when to use the module and when not to
-rw-r--r--man/joystick.man39
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/joystick.man b/man/joystick.man
index 97479fc..3696319 100644
--- a/man/joystick.man
+++ b/man/joystick.man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Snipped for xorg.conf.d(5):
.nf
.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q"
.BI " Identifier \*q" joystick-all \*q
-.BI " Driver \*q" joystick \*q
+.BI " Driver \*q" joystick \*q
.BI " Option \*qMatchIsJoystick\*q \*q" on \*q
.BI " Option \*qMatchDevicePath \*q" /dev/input/event* \*q
\ \ ...
@@ -20,11 +20,32 @@ Snipped for xorg.conf.d(5):
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B joystick
is an __xservername__ input driver for controlling the pointer with a
-joystick device. It is
-.B not a joystick driver for games,
-the
-.B evdev
+joystick device.
+.TP 3
+Use this driver, if you want to
+- generate
+.IR "cursor movement" ,
+perform button or key events to control desktop and applications
+
+- generate
+.I "cursor key events"
+for playing legacy games, that have no native joystick support
+
+.TP 3
+.B Do not use, if you want to
+- play games, that have native joystick support
+
+- use XI2 applications. The
+.B evdev(4)
driver will suffice for those in most cases.
+
+.PP
+You may mix above scenarios by setting the device
+.IR floating .
+The driver reports relative cursor movement, button and key events,
+as well as raw axis values through valuators.
+
+.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The joystick input module can be used on top of the following kernel devices:
.nf
@@ -33,10 +54,6 @@ The joystick input module can be used on top of the following kernel devices:
.B - BSD's usbhid device
.fi
-The driver reports cursor movement
-as well as raw axis values through valuators.
-
-.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
Every joystick supported by the kernel should be supported by the
.B joystick
input driver. The joystick is assumed to be calibrated and reporting axis values
@@ -44,6 +61,10 @@ between
.IR "-32768 " and " 32768" .
See the Linux kernel documentation for a complete list of supported devices.
+There is no support for
+.B force feedback
+at the moment.
+
.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this