docs: Explain events for already plugged in controllers

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Jordan Christiansen
2024-10-27 15:41:43 -05:00
committed by Sam Lantinga
parent e5348c611d
commit a22baafcf4
2 changed files with 21 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -412,6 +412,11 @@ typedef struct SDL_JoyButtonEvent
/**
* Joystick device event structure (event.jdevice.*)
*
* SDL will send JOYSTICK_ADDED events for devices that
* are already plugged in during SDL_Init.
*
* \sa SDL_ControllerDeviceEvent
*/
typedef struct SDL_JoyDeviceEvent
{
@@ -465,6 +470,12 @@ typedef struct SDL_ControllerButtonEvent
/**
* Controller device event structure (event.cdevice.*)
*
* Joysticks that are supported game controllers receive both an
* SDL_JoyDeviceEvent and an SDL_ControllerDeviceEvent.
*
* SDL will send CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED events for joysticks that are already plugged
* in during SDL_Init() and are recognized as game controllers.
*/
typedef struct SDL_ControllerDeviceEvent
{

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@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ typedef struct SDL_GameControllerButtonBind
* If a new mapping is loaded for an already known controller GUID, the later
* version will overwrite the one currently loaded.
*
* If this function is called before SDL_Init, SDL will generate
* an SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED event for matching controllers that are
* plugged in at the time that SDL_Init is called.
*
* Mappings not belonging to the current platform or with no platform field
* specified will be ignored (i.e. mappings for Linux will be ignored in
* Windows, etc).
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ typedef struct SDL_GameControllerButtonBind
* \sa SDL_GameControllerAddMapping
* \sa SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromFile
* \sa SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID
* \sa SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW(SDL_RWops * rw, int freerw);
@@ -193,6 +198,10 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW(SDL_RWops * rw,
* "341a3608000000000000504944564944,Afterglow PS3 Controller,a:b1,b:b2,y:b3,x:b0,start:b9,guide:b12,back:b8,dpup:h0.1,dpleft:h0.8,dpdown:h0.4,dpright:h0.2,leftshoulder:b4,rightshoulder:b5,leftstick:b10,rightstick:b11,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightx:a2,righty:a3,lefttrigger:b6,righttrigger:b7"
* ```
*
* If this function is called before SDL_Init, SDL will generate
* an SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED event for matching controllers that are
* plugged in at the time that SDL_Init is called.
*
* \param mappingString the mapping string.
* \returns 1 if a new mapping is added, 0 if an existing mapping is updated,
* -1 on error; call SDL_GetError() for more information.
@@ -201,6 +210,7 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW(SDL_RWops * rw,
*
* \sa SDL_GameControllerMapping
* \sa SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID
* \sa SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerAddMapping(const char* mappingString);