[pygame] Re: Pointer module

["Thiago Chaves" <shundread@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just wondering, with all the feedback on font size on the other
thread. Is there anyone else on the list who would agree that there's
some benefit in having a simple way to implement pointing through
joysticks in a way that's easily interchangeable with the mouse or is
the idea really that pointless?

-Thiago

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Thiago Chaves <shundread@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I decided to improve the UI on my recent project and decided to allow
> users to use joysticks as pointing devices too. To do that I defined a
> class that encapsulates both mouse and joystick and gives them an
> interface (slightly) similar to the mouse module. I figure the pointer
> classes could still be improved, but I decided to release one early
> version of it along with an example to get some early feedback on the
> idea.
>
> There's really no advantage on using this over mouse module if you're
> using only mouse. It'd make sense in situations where you got both
> joysticks and mouse as pointing devices. (local multiplayer
> point-and-click games, anyone?)
>
> There's an example, which just uses the mouse and as many joysticks as
> you have as pointing devices. Notice the joystick devices start
> pointing at (0, 0)
>
> Could anyone give this a try and give me some feedback? What is good?
> What is bad? What is missing? What is unnecessary?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Thiago
>