QJOYPAD(1)

📦 version 4.3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎮 qjoypad — the manual, but make it cute 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to QJOYPAD(1) from the General Commands Manual — section 1, the big leagues, we love to see it 💅 this whole page is about qjoypad, and ngl it's a lil icon.

✨ NAME ✨

qjoypad — a program for mapping gamepad/joystick events to mouse/keyboard events 🕹️➡️🖱️⌨️

like. it takes your controller and makes your computer think you're typing and clicking. main character energy fr fr 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

qjoypad [--device "/device/path"] [--notray] ["layout name"]

that's the whole vibe check. three lil optional bits in brackets, all of them optional, slay 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Program for mapping gamepad/joystick events to mouse/keyboard events 🎮✨

that's it, that's the description, she's concise and she ate. periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — Show summary of options. your "wait what does this do again" bestie 🫶
  • --device — Look for joystick devices in "path". This should be something like "/dev/input" if your game devices are in /dev/input/js0, /dev/input/js1, etc. 🎯 so like, point her at the folder where the joysticks live and she'll go find them, no cap.
  • --notray — Do not use a system tray icon. This is useful for window managers that don't support this feature. 🚫🖼️ if your WM doesn't do tray icons (and some of them simply don't, iconic behaviour tbh), this is your girl.
  • --update — Force a running instance of QJoyPad to update its list of devices and layouts. 🔄 like tapping her on the shoulder and being like "hey, rescan bestie, things changed" 💀
  • "layout name" — Load the given layout in an already running instance of QJoyPad, or start QJoyPad using the given layout. 🗂️✨ either she's already up and you're just swapping the layout, or she's not running yet and you're telling her which one to wake up with. both valid. both slay.
🌈 heads up: --device wants a path in quotes — something like "/dev/input" when your devices are sitting at /dev/input/js0, /dev/input/js1, etc. keep it exact, don't freestyle the paths, i'm begging 🙈

okay that's the whole page, you're basically a qjoypad expert now, go forth and map those buttons 🎀🦋💜

and for the record — this lil masterpiece comes from the General Commands Manual, and the date on it is October 7, 2013 🗓️✨ so yes she's been serving for a minute, timeless queen fr 👑💖

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