From b0069ae134d5cbe5337d9c471adf9c441e8e673e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Christoph \"baka0815\" Schwerdtfeger" Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:15:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: add information about the named evdev config files --- shell/linux/man/reicast.1 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/shell/linux/man/reicast.1 b/shell/linux/man/reicast.1 index e896db0ea..0803cd41e 100644 --- a/shell/linux/man/reicast.1 +++ b/shell/linux/man/reicast.1 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ evdev_device_id_1 = X evdev_mapping_1 = my_mapping.cfg .LP -You can create your own mappings with the \fBreicast-joyconfig\fR tool. You should either put them into the "mappings" folder inside the reicast config directory. As an alternative, you can specify an absolute path (which has to begin with a leading slash "/"): +You can create your own mappings with the \fBreicast-joyconfig\fR tool. You should either put them into the "mappings" folder inside the reicast config directory (~/.local/share/reicast) or as an alternative, you can specify an absolute path (which has to begin with a leading slash "/"): .IP [input] .br @@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ evdev_device_id_1 = X evdev_mapping_1 = /path/to/my_mapping.cfg .LP -If you don't specify a mapping file, \fBreicast\fR will use one of the pre-defined mapping files (e.g. for Xbox 360 controllers). +If you don't specify a mapping file, \fBreicast\fR will try to find a file withe the name of the specified input device in your "mappings" folder ("Logitech RumblePad 2 USB.cfg" for example) or use one of the pre-defined mapping files (e.g. for Xbox 360 controllers). If the evdev input works for you, it's probably best to deactivate the legacy joystick API input: .IP [input] .br -joystick_device_id =-1 +joystick_device_id = -1 .LP -If your version of \fBreicast\fR is compiled against X11, you might want to disable the built-in X11 keyboard support: +If your version of \fBreicast\fR is compiled against X11, you might want to disable the built-in X11 keyboard support as this can interfere if your controller is detected as a keyboard: .IP [input] .br