From 818814eec827b2a9779cb6a5700fd8df0aa94565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: beno <benolandsoftware@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:44:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] hardcoded device-specific variables have been moved to argv[]
 configuration

---
 sources/main.cpp | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sources/main.cpp b/sources/main.cpp
index 9a141b1..c5b483e 100755
--- a/sources/main.cpp
+++ b/sources/main.cpp
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ extern "C" {
 using namespace glm;
 using namespace std;
 
-const char *RES_FOLDER = "/home/beno/Desktop/rg552_minimal_dev_env/WAYLAND/demos/rez_demo/resources/"; // "/CGI_DEMO/RESOURCES/";
-
-const char *devPaths[2] = {
-	"/dev/input/event4",
-	"/dev/input/event5"	
-};
-
 const int TARGET_FPS = 60;
 static int ONE_TICK_MS = 1000 / TARGET_FPS;
 
@@ -81,11 +74,8 @@ ReelManager* reel;
 TexMerger* merger;
 Screen* canvas;
 
-/*was false and triggerable via keypress but i have no input capturing*/
-bool runIterator = true;
-
-
-
+/* triggerable via keypress, set to false if you cannot have input capturing */
+bool runIterator = false;
 
 uint8_t previous_touches_count = 0;
 uint8_t current_touches_count = 0;
@@ -93,8 +83,9 @@ uint8_t current_touches_count = 0;
 touch_event **previous_touches = NULL;
 touch_event **current_touches = NULL;
 
-uint8_t touch_rotation = 3;		/* it is not always possible to use a calibration matrix for rotating the touchscreen events, 0..3 rotations of 0, 90, 180, 270 */
-
+/* it is not always possible to use a calibration matrix for rotating the touchscreen events, 
+	0..3 rotations of 0, 90, 180, 270 */
+uint8_t touch_rotation;		
 
 /* don't want to implement */
 /* also removed 
@@ -111,6 +102,23 @@ void glutInitContextVersion( int maj, int min){}
 void glutInitContextProfile( GLuint profile){}
 void glutInitDisplayMode( GLuint OR_ed_FLAGS){}
 
+void failForBadRotation( char* argv[]){
+	std::cerr << argv[0] << " : bad rotation argument ("<< argv[1] << ")\n"
+		<< "\n"
+		<< "\tcall as\n" 
+		<< "\t" << argv[0] << " [ANGLE] [KEYS] [TOUCH] [RESOURCEDIR]\n"
+		<< "\n"
+		<< "\twhere\n"
+		<< "\t[ANGLE] = {0,1,2,3} AS trueRotation = ANGLE * 90\n"
+		<< "\t[KEYS] and [TOUCH] AS the number specifying the device in /dev/input/event*\n"
+		<< "\t[RESOURCEDIR] AS the full path to the game assets\n"
+		<< "\n"
+		<< "\ti.e.\n"
+		<< "\t" << argv[0] << " 2 2 11 /home/WHO/RESOURCES/\n";
+
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
 int glutGet(GLuint dimension){
 	switch( dimension) {
 		case GLUT_SCREEN_WIDTH :
@@ -415,7 +423,7 @@ void mousemoved(int x, int y) {
 	//camera.mouseMotion(x, y);
 }
 
-void emplaceModels() {
+void emplaceModels(char *RES_FOLDER) {
 
 	char buf_1[256];
 	char buf_2[256];
@@ -462,7 +470,7 @@ void emplaceModels() {
 
 }
 
-void curveSetup() {
+void curveSetup( char *RES_FOLDER) {
 
 	char buf_1[256];
 	char buf_2[256];
@@ -517,8 +525,53 @@ void curveSetup() {
 
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char* argv[])  {
-	glutInit( (char**) devPaths, 2);
+int main( int argc, char* argv[])  {
+
+	if( argc != 5){
+		std::cerr << argv[0] << " : missing arguments\n"
+			<< "\n"
+			<< "\tcall as\n" 
+			<< "\t" << argv[0] << " [ANGLE] [KEYS] [TOUCH] [RESOURCEDIR]\n"
+			<< "\n"
+			<< "\twhere\n"
+			<< "\t[ANGLE] = {0,1,2,3} AS trueRotation = ANGLE * 90\n"
+			<< "\t[KEYS] and [TOUCH] AS the number specifying the device in /dev/input/event*\n"
+			<< "\t[RESOURCEDIR] AS the full path to the game assets\n"
+			<< "\n"
+			<< "\ti.e.\n"
+			<< "\t" << argv[0] << " 0 2 11 /home/WHO/RESOURCES/\n";
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	char *RES_FOLDER=argv[4];
+
+	if( 1 != strlen( argv[1])){
+		failForBadRotation( argv);
+	}
+	
+	touch_rotation = argv[1][0] - '0';
+	if( touch_rotation < 0 || touch_rotation > 3 ){
+		failForBadRotation( argv);
+	}
+
+	string devPrefix = "/dev/input/event";
+	string devPaths[2];
+	devPaths[0] = devPrefix + argv[2];
+	devPaths[1] = devPrefix + argv[3];
+
+
+	std::clog << "screen rotation of " << 90 * touch_rotation << "\n";
+	std::clog << "keyboard as " << devPaths[0] << "\n";
+	std::clog << "touch/mouse as " << devPaths[1] << "\n";
+	std::clog << "resource directory as " << RES_FOLDER << "\n";
+
+	const char* DEVSTRINGS[2];
+	DEVSTRINGS[0] = devPaths[0].c_str();
+	DEVSTRINGS[1] = devPaths[1].c_str();
+
+	glutInit( (char**) DEVSTRINGS, 2);
+
+
 	glutInitContextVersion(4, 0);
 	glutInitContextProfile(GLUT_COMPATIBILITY_PROFILE);
 	glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGBA);
@@ -564,8 +617,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])  {
 	camera->setWindowData( 0, scrWidth, 0, scrHeight);
 	camera->getCamera()->setPosition(vec3(0, 0, 2));
 
-	curveSetup();
-	emplaceModels();
+	curveSetup( RES_FOLDER);
+	emplaceModels( RES_FOLDER);
 
 	/*
 	printf("begin effects setup\n");