Re: [HC] USB Devices

2016-07-08 Thread pink
would completely rely on drivers to translate the input. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/HC-USB-Devices-tp4706411p4706465.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use

Re: [HC] USB Devices

2016-07-06 Thread Richmond
Yes: drivers are available for these devices; rarely for Linux, sometimes for Macintosh and always for Windows. The problem is that this makes it extremely difficult if one wants to author a game which can be deployed cross-platform with predefined settings for gamepads. R. On 7.07.2016 01:1

Re: [HC] USB Devices

2016-07-06 Thread Mark Wieder
On 07/06/2016 02:08 PM, Richmond wrote: What I would really like to know is what differentiates a keyboard (and my Nostromo n52) from all those other USB devices Well, unfortunately there's no such thing as "all those other USB devices". It's a wild untamed world of devices out there, and the

Re: [HC] USB Devices

2016-07-06 Thread Dar Scott
I'm not sure I understand the relevant conundrum. If a device meets certain standards, then a standard device driver (probably included in the OS) will translate something at the device to standard events at the computer. If some features are nonstandard, then a specialized driver is needed.

[HC] USB Devices

2016-07-06 Thread Richmond
No: "HC" means 'hoary chestnut' here; not that ancient piece of software a lot of people seem to be still hung up on for no obvious good reason when Livecode has more than replaced it. My beloved Belkin Nostromo n52, when connected to a Mac, a PC running Linux, a PC running Windows, and PC runn