Release candidate of the linuxconsole tools (jscal etc., inputattach, evtest)

Release candidate of the linuxconsole tools (jscal etc., inputattach, evtest)

[Stephen Kitt]

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Hi everyone,

I'm pleased to announce that after many years without a packaged release, I'm
preparing an update to the venerable linuxconsole tools: the joystick
utilities (jscal, jstest, the various force-feedback tools), inputattach and
evtest.

The update is based on the Debian packages which I've maintained since 2008;
these include all the patches I've found concerning jscal, jstest and
inputattach, and a few which people have pointed out to me for evtest. I
would greatly appreciate it if interested parties could have a look at the
package and let me know if they have any comments or improvements!

The tarball is available at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/files/

The user-visible changes since the last commonly-used snapshot (20051019) are
as follows:

* inputattach has been cleaned up, and now supports the following new
  devices:
  - Sahara Touch-iT213
  - PS/2 multiplexers on TQM85xx boards
  - Zhen Hua PCM-4CH RC transmitters
  - TAOS evaluation modules
  - Wacom W8001
  - Microtouch, Touchright, Touchwindow, Penmount and Fujitsu
    touchscreens

* jscal tolerates greater jitter (so joysticks which don't send stable
  values can still be calibrated).

* jscal supports axis and button remapping.

* Various USB devices which caused jscal and/or jstest to segfault are
  now handled correctly.

* jscal-store and jscal-restore allow joystick calibration and
  remapping settings to be stored and restored.

* Documentation is provided, with manpages for all the provided
  utilities and sample udev rules.

The tools build with recent kernels, and probably older ones too. The only
requirement is the SDL development tools for the ffmvforce force-feedback
testing tool (the documentation fails to mention this so I guess that's the
first improvement needed!).

Regards,

Stephen

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