On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Chaitat Piriyasatit wrote: > Hi friends. I am doing a project about X Window. In this project, I try to create two independent cursors which > controlled by two mice in one monitor. The X-Window system doesn't support more than one cursor. You can create a sprite with shaped windows that looks like a cursor and move it around with a special program that tracks movement of the second mouse and moves the shaped window around, but you'll never be able to do cursor-like things with it like getting cursor-related events. Mark. > > Currently, I have used ``X Input Extension'' (libXi) to receive event from the second mouse. I have removed > ``AlwaysCore'' option from XF86Config file at the second mouse section. From that the second mouse can't > change the position of the cursor (only the first mouse can), however, the event from the second mouse can detect > and distinguish from the core event (from the first mouse) i.e. the event from the second mouse is ``extension event''. > But when I read parameters from that second mouse event, ... T_T, the position variables is the same as the cursor > which controlled by the first mouse ... so sad > > Could you give me suggestions? How could I create two independent cursors controlled by two mice? > > Currently I am thinking about read/write second mouse directly from /dev/input/mice (something). > Anyway, I think it's better to do it in X level.... But how? > > Thank you > -- > ______________________________________________ > Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org > This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. > > > Powered by Outblaze > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
