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I've come to the conclusion that there's no respectable input device API included with any desktop OS.

I've come to the conclusion that there's no respectable input device API included with any desktop OS.

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date2012-09-10
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descriptionI've come to the conclusion that there's no respectable input device API included with any desktop OS.

Sep 10, 20121 min read

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  • URL: https://x.com/EricLengyel/status/245300440651141121
  • Author: Eric Lengyel (@EricLengyel)
  • Posted: 2012-09-10 23:19:17

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I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s no respectable input device API included with any desktop OS.

Branches: 2012-09-10-leobenaducci-windows-joystick-api-is-really-simple-clean, 2012-09-11-jwatte-xinput-is-good-for-what-its-supposed-to-do-which, 2012-09-11-juaxix-then-just-do-it-by-yourself-for-every-single-os

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  • Sep 11, 2012

    @EricLengyel then just do it BY yourself for every single OS and then share it with us

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  • Sep 11, 2012

    @EricLengyel XInput is good for what it's supposed to do.

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  • Sep 10, 2012

    @EricLengyel Windows Joystick API is really simple & clean

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