GLUTJOYSTICKFUNC(3)

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version 3.8.0 ยท 2 versions
, in centos-stream 10, centos-stream 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, opensuse-leap 16.0

๐Ÿ’– NAME ๐Ÿ’–

glutJoystickFunc โ€” bestie, this one spills the tea on your joystick's whole state, specifically for the current window. ๐Ÿ•น๏ธโœจ


๐ŸŒธ LIBRARY ๐ŸŒธ

OpenGLUT โ€” input ๐ŸŽ€ (yes queen, it lives in the input department)


โœจ SYNOPSIS โœจ

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutJoystickFunc(void( *callback )( unsigned int buttons, int xaxis,
    int yaxis, int zaxis ), int pollInterval);

Likeโ€ฆ that's the whole spell. Copy it exactly, no cap. ๐Ÿช„


๐ŸŽ€ PARAMETERS ๐ŸŽ€

  • callback โ€” your very own client function that gets pinged whenever joystick events happen. It's giving "you handle this, I trust you" energy. ๐Ÿซถ
  • pollInterval โ€” the approximate (minimum) millisecond interval. Approximate. Minimum. Both words matter, ok?? Don't come for me. ๐Ÿ˜ญ

๐Ÿฆ‹ DESCRIPTION ๐Ÿฆ‹

So here's the vibe: your callback gets called roughly every pollinterval milliseconds (yes, that's the parameter from up top, lowercase and cozy here), and every time it fires it hands you the joystick status. That's it. That's the function. Obsessed. ๐Ÿ’…

The buttons bitmask is a bit-wise OR of these iconic little legends:

  • GLUT_JOYSTICK_BUTTON_A
  • GLUT_JOYSTICK_BUTTON_B
  • GLUT_JOYSTICK_BUTTON_C
  • GLUT_JOYSTICK_BUTTON_D

So like, if buttons A and C are both pressed, you get them OR'd together, iykyk. ๐ŸŽฎ

And the axis values? They live in the range [-1000,1000]. That's the whole range, bestie. Negative to positive, full main character spectrum. ๐ŸŒˆ

Fr fr though: pollInterval is approximate and it's a minimum โ€” don't go building your whole life plan on exact timing. ๐Ÿ™ˆ

โญ A LIL SIGN-OFF โญ

This page is dated UNDATED and its version tag is UNTITLED() โ€” mysterious, iconic, unbothered, moisturized, in her lane. ๐Ÿ’œ

Go forth and poll that joystick, queen. ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘