Fwd: Re: [AD] Using system mouse cursor

[Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded from Evert (plus my response):

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [AD] Using system mouse cursor (fwd)
> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:40:54 +0200
> From: Evert Glebbeek <evertg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Evert Glebbeek <evertg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For some reason, my provider's mail server has been put on a spam list
> and all my mails are being rejected. >:(
> So I'm sending this as a personal message; if you can forward this to 
> the list?
> I hope this is temporary, otherwise I'll have to switch to a different
> e-mail addres for the list...
>
> On Friday 10 September 2004 01:31, Chris wrote:
> > Patch works good here. I also applied the small change you mentioned in 
> > the other message to keep the right buffer. It seems your patch was a 
> > touch out of date though.. I got a couple hunk-relocation warnings with 
> > xwin.c.
>
> Yes, it predates your last patch. I didn't yet have time to
> synchronize my
> local tree (both my clean CVS tree and my working copy) yet.
>
> > I still think we should enable mickeys by default in windowed mode too, 
> > or else we're gonna have to change some of the example and test programs 
> > that rely on mouse mickeys in windowed mode. I just think it'd look 
> > silly to have:
>
> They don't work in Windows either. I don't see why they should work in
> X11
> by default. I'd put consistency across platforms first in this case.
> Bear in mind that with this patch, enableing mouse mickeys will trap
> the
> cursor in the window. I don't think that should be the default
> setting.

They work in Windows to an extent. In Windows you lose mickeys when you 
hit the edge of the destop.. that's a little more bareable than losing 
them when you leave the window.

> > if(gfx_driver->windowed)
> >     enable_mouse_mickeys(TRUE);
> >
> > in those examples.
>
> You can just enable_mouse_mickeys(TRUE) without testing for windowed
> mode.

Then if you can't gaurantee they're enabled by default, why try to 
enable them by default at all?

> To be perfectly purist, you may want enable_mouse_mickeys(FALSE) when
> you
> no longer need to get mickeys (to re-enable the hardware cursor).

If you want the hardware cursor, yes.

> I'll provide some documentation for enable_mouse_mickeys() and the
> hardware
> cursor in X11, hopefully later today.
>
> Evert