the problem is X is fundamentally based on the concept of a single
cursor. Most if not all GUIs are.

Alex

--- Grant Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I earlier had a question regarding how to support
> multiple pointers. One reply to that was to write a
> Window Manager to handle this. I can see how the
> window manager can handle moving windows
> simultaneously and redirecting input to windows
> simultaneously. But I'm wondering how would one render
> multiple cursors from the window manager. It seems if
> it was just drawn on the root window then other
> windows would obscure it. Is there a way to draw a top
> level window that is transparent? Or is there some
> other trick to getting multiple cursors rendered that
> will always be on top?
> 
> Thanks,
> Grant.
> 
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