kde connect gamepad plugin

[Aleix Pol]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Konstantinos Athanasiou
<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. :)

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> * 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?

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>
> * 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.

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>
> * 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.

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>
> 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