go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.18.0
 	github.com/holoplot/go-evdev v0.0.0-20240306072622-217e18f17db1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b
 )
 
 require (

go.sum

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b h1:M2rDM6z3Fhozi9O7NWsxAkg/yqS/lQJ6PmkyIV3YP+o=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b/go.mod h1:3//PLf8L/X+8b4vuAfHzxeRUl04Adcb341+IGKfnqS8=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=

internal/config/make_rule_targets.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func makeRuleTargetButton(targetConfig RuleTargetConfig, devs map[string]*evdev.
 		device,
 		eventCode,
 		targetConfig.Inverted,
-	), nil
+	)
 }
 
 func makeRuleTargetAxis(targetConfig RuleTargetConfig, devs map[string]*evdev.InputDevice) (*mappingrules.RuleTargetAxis, error) {
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ func makeRuleTargetAxis(targetConfig RuleTargetConfig, devs map[string]*evdev.In
 		device,
 		eventCode,
 		targetConfig.Inverted,
-		0, 0, 0, // TODO: replace these with real values
-	), nil
+		targetConfig.DeadzoneStart,
+		targetConfig.DeadzoneEnd,
+	)
 }
 
 func makeRuleTargetModeSelect(targetConfig RuleTargetConfig, allModes []string) (*mappingrules.RuleTargetModeSelect, error) {

internal/mappingrules/math.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package mappingrules
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/exp/constraints"
+)
+
+func AbsInt[T constraints.Integer](value T) T {
+	return max(value, -value)
+}
+
+// LerpInt linearly interpolates between two integer values using
+// a float64 index value
+func LerpInt[T constraints.Integer](min, max T, t float64) T {
+	return T((1-t)*float64(min) + t*float64(max))
+}

internal/mappingrules/rule_target_axis.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package mappingrules
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/holoplot/go-evdev"
 )
 
@@ -11,51 +14,72 @@ type RuleTargetAxis struct {
 	Inverted      bool
 	DeadzoneStart int32
 	DeadzoneEnd   int32
-	Sensitivity   float64
+	Sensitivity   float64 // TODO: is this even a value that makes sense?
+	axisSize      int32
+	deadzoneSize  int32
 }
 
+const (
+	MinAxisValue = int32(-32768)
+	MaxAxisValue = int32(32767)
+)
+
 func NewRuleTargetAxis(device_name string,
 	device *evdev.InputDevice,
 	axis evdev.EvCode,
 	inverted bool,
-	deadzone_start int32,
-	deadzone_end int32,
-	sensitivity float64) *RuleTargetAxis {
+	deadzoneStart int32,
+	deadzoneEnd int32) (*RuleTargetAxis, error) {
+
+	info, err := device.AbsInfos()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := info[axis]; !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("device does not support axis %v", axis)
+	}
+
+	if deadzoneStart > deadzoneEnd {
+		return nil, errors.New("deadzone_end must be a higher value than deadzone_start")
+	}
+
+	deadzoneSize := AbsInt(deadzoneEnd - deadzoneStart)
+
+	// Our output range is limited to 16 bits, but we represent values internally with 32 bits.
+	// As a result, we shouldn't need to worry about integer overruns
+	axisSize := info[axis].Maximum - info[axis].Minimum - deadzoneSize
+
+	if axisSize == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("axis has size 0")
+	}
 
 	return &RuleTargetAxis{
 		DeviceName:    device_name,
 		Device:        device,
 		Axis:          axis,
 		Inverted:      inverted,
-		DeadzoneStart: deadzone_start,
-		DeadzoneEnd:   deadzone_end,
-		Sensitivity:   sensitivity,
-	}
+		DeadzoneStart: deadzoneStart,
+		DeadzoneEnd:   deadzoneEnd,
+		deadzoneSize:  deadzoneSize,
+		axisSize:      axisSize,
+	}, nil
 }
 
-// TODO: lots of fixes and decisions to make here. Should we normalize all axes to the same range?
-// How do we handle deadzones in light of that?
+// NormalizeValue takes a raw input value and converts it to a value suitable for output.
+//
+// Axis inputs are normalized to the full signed int32 range to match the virtual device's axis
+// characteristics.
+//
+// Typically this function is called after RuleTargetAxis.MatchEvent, which checks whether we are
+// in the deadzone, among other things.
 func (target *RuleTargetAxis) NormalizeValue(value int32) int32 {
-	if !target.Inverted {
-		return value
+	axisStrength := float64(value-target.deadzoneSize) / float64(target.axisSize)
+	if target.Inverted {
+		axisStrength = 1.0 - axisStrength
 	}
-
-	axisRange := target.DeadzoneEnd - target.DeadzoneStart
-	axisMid := target.DeadzoneEnd - axisRange/2
-	delta := value - axisMid
-	if delta < 0 {
-		delta = -delta
-	}
-
-	if value < axisMid {
-		return axisMid + delta
-	} else if value > axisMid {
-		return axisMid - delta
-	}
-
-	// If we reach here, we're either exactly at the midpoint or something
-	// strange has happened. Either way, just return the value.
-	return value
+	normalizedValue := LerpInt(MinAxisValue, MaxAxisValue, axisStrength)
+	return normalizedValue
 }
 
 func (target *RuleTargetAxis) CreateEvent(value int32, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
@@ -71,5 +95,6 @@ func (target *RuleTargetAxis) CreateEvent(value int32, mode *string) *evdev.Inpu
 func (target *RuleTargetAxis) MatchEvent(device *evdev.InputDevice, event *evdev.InputEvent) bool {
 	return device == target.Device &&
 		event.Type == evdev.EV_ABS &&
-		event.Code == target.Axis
+		event.Code == target.Axis &&
+		(event.Value <= target.DeadzoneStart || event.Value >= target.DeadzoneEnd)
 }

internal/mappingrules/rule_target_button.go

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ type RuleTargetButton struct {
 	Inverted   bool
 }
 
-func NewRuleTargetButton(device_name string, device *evdev.InputDevice, code evdev.EvCode, inverted bool) *RuleTargetButton {
+func NewRuleTargetButton(device_name string, device *evdev.InputDevice, code evdev.EvCode, inverted bool) (*RuleTargetButton, error) {
 	return &RuleTargetButton{
 		DeviceName: device_name,
 		Device:     device,
 		Button:     code,
 		Inverted:   inverted,
-	}
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (target *RuleTargetButton) NormalizeValue(value int32) int32 {