SDL_HINT_JOY...LINUX_CLASSIC(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_LINUX_CLASSIC ✨

okay bestie, we're in the SDL3 functions manual and this one is a little Linux joystick hint, and honestly? it's giving "choose your own adventure" but for input devices 💅

It's called SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_LINUX_CLASSIC, and it controls whether you use the classic /dev/input/js joystick interface or the newer /dev/input/event joystick interface on Linux. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_LINUX_CLASSIC "SDL_JOYSTICK_LINUX_CLASSIC"

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the variable can be set to the following values, and you literally just pick one:

• "0" — use /dev/input/event* (default)
• "1" — use /dev/input/js*

🫶 bestie, this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. like, before. not after. before. the vibe check happens at init time and you can't just show up late.

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. she's not ancient, she's just iconic. 👑

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Simple Directmedia Layer 🦋 SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, that's the source and version, periodt. thanks for reading, ily, go forth and configure your joysticks responsibly 💜✨