> Anyhow, thanks for the solution! Its a shame that X isn't 
> going to be able
> to cope with multiple focus trees, but I agree the issues are 
> many, and the
> need little...
> 
> Rob

what if it is not at all a software cursor
but something like the x-eyes application?

i mean a free from window that just looks 
like a mouse cursor or whatever shape you like.
you just have to ensure that it will be always
(or most of the time) on top on the other windows.
it all depends on your window manager and how
you can tune its window decoration. moving
a window object across the screen is simple.
maybe its just that the window manager will
sometimes impact the needed front to back ordering.
auto-raise wont be a good idea then and auto-focus 
might be critical if both of your cursors do meet.

a second (less fine) idea (but still a somewhat feasible way)
is doing it like screensavers do... grab the whole
screen content and open a screen sized window
on top of all others - you can manipulate its
contents as you want and doing so as if there
is a mouse cursor moving around. its just that
you have to ensure that your "background" image
gets updated periodically.

-Alex.

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