joystick_close(3)      Svgalib User Manual      joystick_close(3)

NAME
       joystick_close - close a joystick

SYNOPSIS
       #include <vgajoystick.h>

       void joystick_close(int joydev);

DESCRIPTION
       closes  the  joystick  joydev  which  was opened with joy-
       stick_init(3).

       joydev = -1 closes all currently  open  joystick  devices.
       Note that any calibration data is lost if you close a joy-
       stick.

CAVEATS
       This  function  is  only  available  in  ELF  versions  of
       svgalib.  Due  to backwards compatibility issues it cannot
       be used with shared a.out libs.

SEE ALSO
       svgalib(7),   vgagl(7),   libvga(5),    joytest(6),
       mjoytest(6),  joystick_init(3),  joystick_update(3),  joy-
       stick_sethandler(3),  joystick_setdefaulthandler(3),  joy-
       stick_getnumaxes(3),    joystick_getnumbuttons(3),    joy-
       stick_getaxis(3),   joystick_getbutton(3),   joystick_but-
       ton1(3),     joystick_getb1(3),     joystick_x(3),    joy-
       stick_getx(3).

AUTHOR
       The svgalib joystick handler was  mostly  done  by  Daniel
       Engstr\"om  <daniel.engstrom@riksnett.no>.   Multiple joy-
       stick, VC switching support  and  code  to  glue  it  into
       svgalib  by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>.
       Part of the code is  based  on  code  from  C.  Smith  and
       Vojtech Pavlik.

Svgalib 1.3.0             14 April 1998                         1