SDL2-JSTEST(1)

📦 version 0.2.2-unstable-2026-07, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🎮 SDL2-JSTEST(1) 💖

hey bestie, welcome to the SDL2-JSTEST(1) page from the General Commands Manual — it's giving joystick test application for SDL2, and I'm lowkey obsessed ✨🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

sdl2-jstest — joystick test application for SDL2. that's the whole name section, iconic 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sdl2-jstest [--help] [--version] [--list] [--test JOYNUM]
            [--gamecontroller IDX] [--event JOYNUM] [--rumble JOYNUM]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the whole flag menu, bestie — every option, no skips, fr fr 🫶

  • -h, --help — shows the help text and exits. helpful king behavior 👑
  • --version — shows the version number and exits. short, sweet, slay ✨
  • -l, --list — searches for available joysticks and lists their properties. it's giving inventory check 🎮💖
  • -t JOYNUM, --test JOYNUM — displays a graphical representation of the current joystick state. pretty visuals for your joystick vibes 🌈
  • -g IDX, --gamecontroller IDX — tests the given GameController interface. you pick the IDX, it does the testing thing 🎀
  • -e JOYNUM, --event JOYNUM — displays the events that are received from the joystick. event-watching mode, no cap 👀
  • -r JOYNUM, --rumble JOYNUM — bestie, the source page lists this one and then gives literally no description. I'm not inventing lore, so that's the whole entry 🫥💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go peek at jstest(1), jstest-gtk(1), sdl-jstest(1), and xboxdrv(1) — the whole squad is right there 🫶✨

kisses, this cute lil page is from Debian, dated June 16, 2014, and it's the SDL2-JSTEST(1) page — periodt 💖💅🎀

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