NAME

       joy2key - Emulate keyboard events using a Joystick

SYNOPSIS

       joy2key Usage: joy2key ["Window Name"]
              [ -rawconsole ]
              [ -terminal ]
              [ -X ]
              [ -axis [(axis0) low hi] [(axis1) low hi]  ...]
              [ -thresh [(axis0) low hi] [(axis1) low hi]  ...]
              [ -buttons [(button0)] [(button1)] [(button2)] ...]
              [ -dev {/dev/input/js0} ]
              [ -rcfile {.joy2keyrc} ]
              [ -config {no default} ]
              [ -autorepeat {(freq) 5} ]
              [ -deadzone {(percent) 50} ]

       note: [] denotes `optional' option or argument,
             () hints at the wanted arguments for options
             {} denotes default (compiled-in) parameters

       (note: defaults may have been changed by editing joy2key.c)

DESCRIPTION

       joy2key  monitors  the  joystick  (normally  /dev/input/js0)  and  sends  keyboard events to an X window,
       terminal, or raw console.  In the case of X, xwininfo(1) is used to retrive the window ID,  which  should
       not be a problem as this is a standard utility in most X11 distributions.  To find the symbolic name of a
       particular key, see include/X11/keysymdef.h.  In terminal mode, joy2key sends the ascii  character  given
       on  the  command  line  (that  is,  "joy2key -buttons a" means send lowercase 'a' when the first joystick
       button is pushed).  In raw console mode, please consult the  document  "rawscancodes"  included  in  this
       distribution for the proper scancodes.

   Options
       -X     Send X events.  May be compiled out of your copy of joy2key.

       -rawconsole
              For  SVGALIB  and  similar  programs  that put the keyboard in raw mode.  Sends scancodes.  May be
              compiled out of your copy of joy2key.

       -terminal
              Send ascii characters.  May be compiled out of your copy of joy2key.

       -axis  Specifies actions to send when passing low/high values for each axis.  Specified  in  pairs,  from
              axis0  ...  axisN,  that  is,  the  X  axis  is axis0, then the Y axis (axis1), then if you have a
              joystick hat that may be axis 2 and 3, etc.  To figure out which axis is  which,  use  the  jstest
              program that comes with the joystick driver.

       -buttons
              Similar  to  -arrows,  but for buttons.  Goes from button0 ... buttonN, specifying key to send for
              each button on joystick.  Use the jstest program to determine the numbering for each button.

       -thresh
              Specifies low/high thresholds to use (i.e. at what point moving the stick or pressing the  gamepad
              triggers an event) in pairs, for each joystick axis.

       -dev   Specifies joystick device to use.  Defaults /dev/input/js0 (first joystick)

       -autorepeat
              Turns  on  and  optionally  specifies autorepeat frequency, i.e.  the number of times per second a
              button which is held down will be repeated.

       -deadzone
              Controls sensitivity when manually calibrating.

       -rcfile
              Sets the rc file to look in.

       -config
              Reads in a config in an rc file.

FILES

       /dev/js[01] The joystick driver.  Must be installed for joy2key to work.  Joy2key only supports  versions
       1.0+  of  the  joystick  driver.   Older  versions of joy2key use the 0.8.0 joystick driver.  If for some
       reason a 1.0+ joystick driver does not work for you, use joy2key 1.2.

       The Linux joystick driver is available at

       http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/

       ~/.joy2keyrc Rc file searched for commands in -config.

       The joy2key homepage is located at:

       http://interreality.org/~tetron/technology/joy2key/

BUGS

       I don't like writing man pages, so this man page may be buggy :)

COPYING

       This is free software under the GNU  General  Public  License.   See  COPYING  in  the  archive  to  more
       information.

                                                 17 August 1998                                       JOY2KEY(1)