reworking the kluge

functions/Makefile

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ alsaseq.o:	alsaseq.c alsaseq.h Makefile
 serial.o:	serial.c serial.h Makefile
 	gcc ${OPTS} -c $<
 
+joyutils.o:	joyutils.c joyutils.h Makefile
+	gcc ${OPTS} -c $<
+
 ncursefuncs.o:	ncursefuncs.c ncursefuncs.h Makefile
 	gcc ${OPTS} -c $<
 
-libpocosc.a:	senders.o alsaseq.o serial.o ncursefuncs.o
+libpocosc.a:	senders.o alsaseq.o serial.o ncursefuncs.o	\
+		joyutils.o
 	ar r $@ $?

functions/joyutils.c

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ *		joystick utility functions
+ */
+#include  <stdio.h>
+#include  <stdlib.h>
+#include  <unistd.h>
+#include  <fcntl.h>
+
+#include  <linux/joystick.h>
+
+#include  "joyutils.h"
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+static char *type2txt(unsigned char type)
+{
+static char	temp[100];
+
+if (!(type & JS_EVENT_INIT)) {
+	switch(type) {
+		case JS_EVENT_BUTTON:		return "button";
+		case JS_EVENT_AXIS:		return "axis";
+		}
+	}
+else	{
+	sprintf(temp, "init %d", type & 0x7f);
+	return temp;
+	}
+return "???";
+}
+void dump_my_joystick(char *joy_device)
+{
+int			joy_fd, foo;
+struct js_event 	js;
+int			flag = 0;
+unsigned long		debut;
+
+if( ( joy_fd = open(joy_device , O_RDONLY)) == -1 ) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: couldn't open %s\n", __func__, joy_device);
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+for (;;) {
+	foo = read(joy_fd, &js, sizeof(struct js_event));
+	if ( ! flag ) {
+		debut = js.time;
+		flag = 1;
+		}
+
+	if (8 != foo) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: err reading joy\n", __func__);
+		exit(1);
+		}
+
+	printf("%8lu      %4d / %-8s         %2d      %7d\n",
+			js.time-debut,
+			js.type, type2txt(js.type),
+			js.number, js.value);
+
+	}
+
+}
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */

functions/joyutils.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+ *		joystick utility functions
+ */
+
+
+void dump_my_joystick(char *joy_device);