1jstest-gtk(1)                                                    jstest-gtk(1)
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NAME

6       jstest-gtk - joystick testing and configuration tool
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SYNOPSIS

9       jstest-gtk [options]...  [device]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       jstest-gtk  is  a  simple  joystick tester based on Gtk+. It provides a
13       list of attached joysticks, a way to display which buttons and axis are
14       pressed,  a  way  to remap axis and buttons and a way to calibrate your
15       joystick.
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17       Even when your joystick is working mostly fine, you might want to  give
18       it  a  try,  as  the  calibration lets you get rid of overlarge default
19       deadzones that many joysticks use and then is a noticeable  problem  in
20       some games.
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USAGE

23       jstest-gtk is mainly a graphical interface to check that your joysticks
24       and pads work properly. You can find precise information on each  axis,
25       you can optionally recalibrate it and also change the mapping.
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27       If  you run the program without parameters, you will get a window show‐
28       ing all the joystick devices in your system (there  can  be  more  than
29       one).  When  you double click on one of them, you will get a new window
30       with detailed information about its axes and buttons.
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32       There are two buttons in the detailed window called "Mapping" adn "Cal‐
33       ibration", that allows you to reconfigurate the device.
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35       If  you  run  the  program  with  a  device as an argument (for example
36       /dev/input/js0), you will get the detailed window for that  device  di‐
37       rectly, without getting the whole list of joysticks in the system.
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39       Calibration  of  the  axis consists in a simple window in which you set
40       the values that go directly into the  operative  system  configuration,
41       without  doing  any  changes on them. They're divided in range and dead
42       zone (or center). In both of them you have to set a minimum and a maxi‐
43       mum. You also have a checkbox for inverting the axis.
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45       Values  are  changed  and  applied  in the same instant that you modify
46       them, there's no need for clicking anywhere or doing anything else  for
47       applying the changes.
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OPTIONS

50       These  program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long op‐
51       tions starting with two dashes (`-').
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54       -h, --help
55              Display help information and exit
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57       -v, --version
58              Display version information and exit
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SEE ALSO

61       You   can   find   more   information   if   you   visit    http://pin‐
62       gus.seul.org/~grumbel/jstest-gtk/
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AUTHOR

65       jstest-gtk was written by Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmail.com>.
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67       This manual page was written by Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, for
68       the Debian project (and may be used by others).
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72                                 May  9, 2009                    jstest-gtk(1)
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