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qjoypad — Translate input from gamepads or joysticks into keyboard strokes or mouse actions. More information:

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Problem

How to use the qjoypad command: Translate input from gamepads or joysticks into keyboard strokes or mouse actions. More information: <https://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/doc/doc_index.html>.

Solution

qjoypad — Translate input from gamepads or joysticks into keyboard strokes or mouse actions. More information: <https://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/doc/doc_index.html>.

Start QJoyPad:

qjoypad

Start QJoyPad and look for devices in a specific directory:

qjoypad --device={{path/to/directory}}

Start QJoyPad but don't show a system tray icon:

qjoypad --notray

Start QJoyPad and force the window manager to use a system tray icon:

qjoypad --force-tray

Force a running instance of QJoyPad to update its list of devices and layouts:

qjoypad --update

Load the given layout in an already running instance of QJoyPad, or start QJoyPad using the given layout:

qjoypad "{{layout}}"

Code Snippets

Start QJoyPad

qjoypad

Start QJoyPad and look for devices in a specific directory

qjoypad --device={{path/to/directory}}

Start QJoyPad but don't show a system tray icon

qjoypad --notray

Start QJoyPad and force the window manager to use a system tray icon

qjoypad --force-tray

Force a running instance of QJoyPad to update its list of devices and layouts

qjoypad --update

Context

tldr-pages: linux/qjoypad

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