Re: [pygame] Re: Pointer module

["René Dudfield" <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

hey,

I'm sure that's a really good idea for some apps.

Would definitely be cool to have the joystick generate mouse events :)

Note, that often code for joystick can be very different for mice.
They're just quite different.   However, definitely for some things a
mouse emulation mode would be cool.

cu,




On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Thiago Chaves <shundread@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>
>