Memphiz/xbmc — comment on commit 9b9732fef463d2f7aef0fd226d468ce215879834
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By jmarshallnz:

No, it won't lead to the same behaviour. For example, if all you do is send more events, scrolling down in a list won't stop at the end - it will wrap around instead. The only raping of the joystick stuff is adding a variable for the time the button has been held down (which will then get passed into the action).