names controllers for joysticks, midi-keyboards, etc.

[Stefan Kost]

answering myself. If possible I also would like to associate an icon with a
device or atleast with categories.

Stefan Kost wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I am new to hal, but it rocks so far. I have 0.5.8_git20061106 installed. In my
> application I'd like to interactivly controll sticks by real hardware. On my
> desk I have a joystick (3 axis (1 free), 4 buttons) and a small USB midi
> keyboard with additional knobs and sliders. Both devices get recognizes and get
> a name. What I now look for is to enumerate teh controller the device proviced.
> For each controller I'd like to get name and type (trigger, continous, ...). Now
> I found those fdi files and it seems that one could put this info there (and
> share those files among users). Is this how its supposed to work? Is there any
> naming schme for this already?
> 
> Stefan
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