Octamed experts: can it be customized to be used via joystick?

[superfrog76]

I would like to "automate" Octamed as I would like to run it on a emulated device while on the go. As I do not have a mouse on the emulated device, I was hoping I can assign controls to the joystick.
Is that even an option? I can write scripts in shell if that is something that can run in the background and redirect controls to the joystick. Thanks

[superfrog76]

Awesome! I was not aware that the source was available for changes.
The idea is to make the interface driven by joystick instead of mouse and keyboard; so if you are using something like a portable console, like a gameboy, you can use Octamed just by using the joypad and the buttons.

I tried with mouse emulation but it is not exactly simple to do, and workflow really get affected. Hope this is possible to consider, otherwise I will check Arexx

[superfrog76]

Agree, that's why I was wondering how feasible it is to do an add-on in the app versus just add automation.

Problem is, I doubt that Intuition has anything remotely close to an automation API for remote clicking and simulating keyboard and mouse events, so getting the movements translated is mostly a lost cause without putting in a ton of efforts.
The amiga was not made for this purpose in the end, unless you write the interface from scratch to use just the joystick; it is understandable. And nobody would ever imagine that one day you would have the need to use a tracker via a joystick