Re: TK Listbox and gamepads

a remote possibility (pun inintended) could be one of those gamers/numeric keypads. they're small and naturally could be used in the games if they use the standard numeric keypad mappings for directions.

the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H

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Re^2: TK Listbox and gamepads by aquarium (Curate) on Oct 19, 2010 at 03:49 UTC
another possibility just thought of: most tv / radio cards come with a infrared module and a remote. linux has a standard kernel module for IR..and then you just interface to it with perl, something along the lines of http://www.thekramers.net/ir/ check out the debian hardware compatibility list to obtain a supported TV/radio tuner with IR. the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H	[reply]
Re^3: TK Listbox and gamepads by Sisk (Novice) on Oct 19, 2010 at 17:02 UTC
Actually I have an ATI remote that's fully supported by Debian that I thought about using. I'd rather just have the gamepad, but the remote idea is my fallback. Remotes have a tendancy to go missing in my house though. Apparently the shorter portion of the local population thinks they look an awful lot like toys.	[reply]
Re^4: TK Listbox and gamepads by aquarium (Curate) on Oct 20, 2010 at 00:23 UTC
LOL. at some point in the future we're going to be the shorter portion of the local population. Anyway, then you're going to have to locate a suitable driver with perl bindings (or use expect etc) if a suitable generic device driver for the interface won't do. the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H	[reply]