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Subject: Reinterpret gamepad input as keyboeard input
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I have a gamepad and would like to make certain gamepad actions to be
seen as regular keyboard input. Is this possible?

I tried out usbhidaction with something like:
Generic_Desktop:Game_Pad.Button:Button_1 1 1 /bin/echo -n ls

Obviously, this approach does not work as I hoped. "ls" is echoed in a
shell window, but it is not interpreted as input.

Christopher