kde connect gamepad plugin

[Konstantinos Athanasiou]

sorry for the late reply but i was on easter vacations and i also had to 
study for the university.

i searched around the web how to create virtual joystick for linux. now 
for windows and mac i suppose it could be done later. below are some 
interesting pages i found.

1) 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11939255/writing-to-dev-uinput-on-ubuntu-12-04
2) https://github.com/ml32/Linux-Virtual-Joystick
3) http://hackshark.com/?p=147

I wasn't able to test them yet. I am waiting for the release of plasma 5 
kdeconnect and official kubuntu 15.04.

On 31/03/2015 07:16 πμ, Albert Vaca wrote:
> I would like to know if it's possible to register an application as a 
> "virtual controller" in Xorg. That would be more like the video that 
> you shared than just sending keyboard input. On a phone screen you can 
> simulate a joystick, but if it's implemented like a keyboard it will 
> only work like a 4-direction game pad. If we can emulate a controller, 
> we will be able to simulate an actual joystick. Also, lots of games 
> are already programmed to support XBox controllers, so they would work 
> without any extra configuration. Have you investigated this possibility?
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org 
> <mailto:aleixpol at kde.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Konstantinos Athanasiou
>     <dinosath0 at gmail.com <mailto:dinosath0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > hello i am new here and first time contributing in a open source
>     project. I
>     > would like to work on the gamepad plugin that was proposed and
>     would like to
>     > hear your opinion.
>     I love the idea. :)
>
>     >
>     >
>     > * My idea was to have 2 buttons when you open the plugin. One
>     button for the
>     > gamepad and one for the editor. When you open the gamepad a list of
>     > layouts/themes is shown (e.g. psx,ps2,xbox etc) and you chose
>     your layout
>     > and start playing. In the editor you can edit a layout/theme.
>     You can edit
>     > the button icons, add actions (e.g. in openmorrowind open chest,
>     start
>     > playing playlist from library etc) and assign hardware keys to
>     button (for
>     > tablets with gaming buttons).
>     Implementing editors on end-user applications hasn't been ideal in
>     some projects I've worked on. Maybe you'd like to start by
>     implementing some simple format that can be sent from the game host?
>
>     >
>     >
>     > * Now about implementation what do you think? Sould i send a
>     message to the
>     > server when a key was pressed or should i send a message with
>     the gamepad
>     > state in very short intervals( eg button1:pressed ||
>     button2:not-pressed) or
>     > keep both and change in settings?
>     Well, logic suggests that the less you send, the better. KDE Connect
>     protocol is admittedly quite verbose. I think that the biggest
>     decision you'll have to take is whether you want a persistent transfer
>     (i.e. a socket) or to send a package every time a key is pressed. How
>     you send it will depend on the approach you choose.
>
>     >
>     >
>     > * Lastly some more ideas i had about the actions for the
>     buttons. For media
>     > controls we already have the mpris plugin , we also have have
>     the keyboard
>     > plugin and touchpad plugin and hopefully many more coming.
>     >
>     > But what if wanted to have all those plugin in one screen? How
>     about all
>     > these separate plugins were all simply buttons you can edit in
>     the editor?
>     > What do you think?
>     I'm not sure I understand what you mean. If what you mean is that you
>     want to send mprisplugin packages from your interface, then it's
>     technically possible but maybe it will overcomplicate it. I'm unsure.
>     I'd suggest to start by implementing the joystick API's and iterate
>     from there.
>
>     >
>     >
>     > I was inspired by GestureWorks Gameplay app. You can check it
>     out here:
>     >
>     > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jfBqIheW-w
>     >
>     >
>     > Also , can you please tell me how to build kdeconnect in kubuntu
>     15.04 ? If
>     > it is hard i can do it in kubuntu 14.04.
>
>     I'd recommend 15.04, we're requiring some recent features in KF5, so
>     it will be easier for you.
>
>     Cheers!
>     Aleix
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