Re: [AD] Using system mouse cursor

[Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> It should continue to work, I think. Those are the two lines I asked you to
> try to put in to solve a problem that ended up making no difference.
> If they do though, then yes, they should stay.

I thought the two lines you had me put in were the regular mouse_x/y 
variables? Hmm, maybe it was those, I don't remember now.

> You could be right, but since the default mode is to have mickeys enabled,
> that will trap the mouse inside the Allegro window always (which is not a
> good thing).

We pretty much have a decision to make, then. I thought the reason for 
doing this was to allow mickeys to work properly with the hardware 
mouse. Unfortunately in X, they're mutually exclusive.. You can't get 
proper mickeys while using the OS cursor when you hit the edge of the 
screen. So, the ideal way was to seperate them.. one mode where you 
could use the OS cursor, and another where you could get proper mickeys. 
However, to get proper mickeys we need to trap the cursor. The docs 
state, and have stated, that get_mouse_mickeys will continue to get 
mouse movement even at screen edge, so I think that should be the 
primary goal.

I personally don't see how you can expect to properly work with mickeys 
and not have problems with it leaving the window, anyway.. even if you 
could get true unlimited mickeys from the OS. AFAICS, auto-trapping the 
mouse is the only way to maintain code compatibility.. and it's not like 
the program can't untrap the mouse if it wants, either.

- Kitty Cat