NAME

       joystick_getnumaxes, joystick_getnumbuttons - query the capabilities of a joystick

SYNOPSIS

       #include <vgajoystick.h>

       char joystick_getnumaxes(int joydev);
       char joystick_getnumbuttons(int joydev);

DESCRIPTION

       queries  the  number  of  axes (number of continuous ranges which the joystick allows to choose from) and
       buttons. The old version 0.* joystick protocol reports 2 axes (x and y) and 4 buttons although the actual
       joystick will usually have less (often two) buttons.

       svgalib supports up to 127 axes and buttons, provided the underlying device driver does it.

CAVEATS

       This function is only available in ELF versions of svgalib. Due  to  backwards  compatibility  issues  it
       cannot be used with shared a.out libs.

SEE ALSO

       svgalib(7),  vgagl(7),  libvga.config(5),  joytest(6),  mjoytest(6), joystick_init(3), joystick_close(3),
       joystick_update(3),    joystick_sethandler(3),    joystick_setdefaulthandler(3),     joystick_getaxis(3),
       joystick_getbutton(3), joystick_button1(3), joystick_getb1(3), joystick_x(3), joystick_getx(3).

AUTHOR

       The  svgalib  joystick  handler  was  mostly  done  by  Daniel  Engstr\"om <daniel.engstrom@riksnett.no>.
       Multiple joystick, VC switching support and code to glue it into svgalib by Michael  Weller  <eowmob@exp-
       math.uni-essen.de>. Part of the code is based on code from C. Smith and Vojtech Pavlik.

Svgalib 1.3.0                                     14 April 1998                           joystick_getnumaxes(3)