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Bug 4943 - Linux: allow for custom joystick names
Summary: Linux: allow for custom joystick names
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: joystick (show other bugs)
Version: HG 1.2
Hardware: All Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2020-01-13 18:12 UTC by Paul Cercueil
Modified: 2020-09-22 02:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Patch to fix the issue (1.70 KB, text/plain)
2020-01-13 18:12 UTC, Paul Cercueil 		Details
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Description Paul Cercueil 2020-01-13 18:12:54 UTC 
Created attachment 4159 [details]
Patch to fix the issue

When not using the old Linux input event interface, SDL parses the
name of a device to know what it's capable of. It expects the
name to match the following string: "Analog %d-axis %d-button %d-hat".

This patch allows to use devices with a custom name.
For instance: "My Joystick Device (Analog 2-axis 6-button 2-hat).
Comment 1 Ozkan Sezer 2020-09-22 02:07:58 UTC 
This patch is in. Thanks.
http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/51ab3997c255