- Description
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- AntiMicroX Profiles
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- Shoutout
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- Participation in the translation of AntiMicroX
AntiMicroX is a graphical program used to map gamepad keys to keyboard, mouse, scripts and macros. You can use this program to control any desktop application with a gamepad on Linux. It can be also used for generating SDL2 configuration (useful for mapping atypical gamepads to generic ones like xbox360).
Currently we don't support Wayland (#32) - your system has to be running X.org in order to run this program.
It allows mapping of gamepads/joystick buttons to:
- keyboard buttons
- mouse buttons and moves
- scripts and executables
- macros consisting of elements mentioned above
This program is currently supported under various Linux distributions.
This application is continuation of project called AntiMicro
, which was later abandoned and revived by juliagoda.
Legacy repositories:
- First AntiMicroX repository: https://github.com/juliagoda/antimicroX
- Second, maintained by organization: https://github.com/AntiMicro/antimicro
- First, original AntiMicro repository: https://github.com/Ryochan7/antimicro
Screenshots:
Disclaimer: Theme may depend on your system configuration.
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This program is licensed under the GPL v.3. Please read the LICENSE text document included with the source code if you would like to read the terms of the license. The license can also be found online at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
Usage: antimicrox [options] [profile]
Options:
-h, --help Print help text.
-v, --version Print version information.
--tray Launch program in system tray only.
--no-tray Launch program with the tray menu disabled.
--hidden Launch program without the main window
displayed.
--profile <location> Launch program with the configuration file
selected as the default for selected
controllers. Defaults to all controllers.
--profile-controller <value> Apply configuration file to a specific
controller. Value can be a
controller index, name, or GUID.
--unload [<value>] Unload currently enabled profile(s).
Value can be a controller index, name, or GUID.
--startSet <number> [<value>] Start joysticks on a specific set.
Value can be a controller index, name, or GUID.
-d, --daemon Launch program as a daemon. Use only on Linux.
--log-level (debug|info) Enable logging. Default: debug.
--log-file <filename> Choose a file for writing logs
--eventgen (xtest|uinput) Choose between using XTest support and uinput
support for event generation. Use only if you have
enabled xtest and uinput options on Linux. Default: xtest.
-l, --list Print information about joysticks detected by
SDL. Use only if you have sdl library. You can
check your controller index, name or
even GUID.
The flatpak version is distributed on Flathub, and runs on most major Linux distributions. See instructions here: Flathub application page
If you have Flathub set up already:
flatpak install flathub io.github.antimicrox.antimicrox
dnf install antimicrox
trizen -S antimicrox
or
pre-built version can de downloaded from unofficial repository called chaotic-aur.
Append (one of listed mirrors) to /etc/pacman.conf
:
# Brazil
Server = http://lonewolf-builder.duckdns.org/$repo/$arch
# Germany
Server = http://chaotic.bangl.de/$repo/$arch
# USA (Cloudflare cached)
Server = https://repo.kitsuna.net/$arch
# Netherlands
Server = https://chaotic.tn.dedyn.io/$arch
To check signature, add keys:
sudo pacman-key --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com -r 3056513887B78AEB 8A9E14A07010F7E3
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 8A9E14A07010F7E3
Install package
pacman -S antimicrox
Download from the release site and install .deb
package.
Download from the release site.
It is recommended to use AppImageLauncher with this package.
List of required dependencies and build instructions can be found here.
If you are having problems with antimicrox detecting a controller or detecting all axes and buttons, you should test the controller outside of antimicrox to check if the problem is with antimicrox or not. The two endorsed programs for testing gamepads outside of antimicrox are sdl-jstest (sdl2-jstest) and evtest. SDL2 utilizes evdev on Linux so performing testing with older programs that use joydev won't be as helpful since some devices behave a bit differently between the two systems. Another method also exist, which can be found here.
If you would like to send the profile you are using for your application or find something for yourself, here is the forked repository. If you want to report a bug, ask a question or share a suggestion, you can do that on the antimicrox page or on the antimicrox-profiles page.
In order to obtain support, you can post an issue here.
Application's bugs will be fixed. There are created tests for detecting bugs. Of course, I'm open to proposals or questions from users.
A big, original inspiration for this program was the program QJoyPad.
Full list is available here
Distro | Maintainer | Package |
---|---|---|
Arch Linux | frealgagu | antimicrox AUR |
Arch Linux | FabioLolix | antimicrox-git AUR |
Fedora Linux | gombosg | antimicrox |
Flatpak | gombosg | io.github.antimicrox.antimicrox |
VaGNaroK [email protected] - Brazilian Portuguese
zzpxyx - Chinese
Belleguic Terence [email protected] - French
Leonard Koenig [email protected] - German
phob - German
tou omiya - Japanese
Dmitriy Koshel [email protected] - Russian
Jay Alexander Fleming [email protected] - Serbian
burunduk - Ukrainian
Flavio HR [email protected] - Spanish
WAZAAAAA - [email protected] - Italian
juliagoda [email protected] - Polish
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However, if your language is already supported in the program, you must have the Qt Linguist program installed, which is usually included in the qt5-tools package, to conveniently translate the application. However, before you do that, make sure that you don't already have this program installed. All you have to do is open it, and then use it to open a file with the ts extension.
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