Re: [hatari-devel] Strange timestamp issue

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> > I see, but also here I would like to ask the Hatari team: Is it possible to
> > have a non-default option that improves the mouse pointer handling for
> > users that do not run software with their own mouse cursor routines?
> 
> I guess it would be possible to implement some hacks for this ... you'd
> either need some kind of driver on the Atari side (maybe an .ACC) that
> somehow polls the mouse position from Hatari and then sets the GEM mouse
> to the same position, or Hatari could try to mess with the Line-A variables
> to read and/or set the mouse position on the Atari side.
> 
> Anyway, you also need to consider that the window might be scaled and that
> there are borders in some screen modes, so you often also can't get a
> straight 1:1 mapping between the host mouse position and the GEM mouse.
> The problems are certainly solvable, but it's certainly a bit of work. Feel
> free to send patches if you've got enough spare time to look into this!

Thank you for explaining where the problems are. I'm afraid addressing this
is out of scope for me for several reasons.

Best regards

Uwe



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