On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 13:12:07 +0000 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said:
> > On 13/01/2023 11:34, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > [...] > > as below - you want a larger thing that actually starts big and zooms > > down to where the pointer is causing motion that your eyes follow to > > that point and then can discover the mouse - there is no such feature > > in e at this point. > > That is not a requirement. > > The requirement is for a BIG CURSOR. > > > if it's 2x as big it's still a pointer on a busy screen full of > > content that if you don't have the visual acuity to make out is still > > hard to see. > > If it's big and (eg) red it will be seen. > > > x cursors (libxcursor and x cursor themes) are "dumb" as i described. > > simple images or a sequence of images to display. e renders its > > cursor live from the same theme elements that make up everything else > > (border, backgrounds, buttons, window borders) thus they can do > > everything any theme element can do. it's all done the same way. thus > > these objects accept signals (like a mouse click), scale like the > > theme and size like all of these other theme elements - cursor is > > defined in the theme like everything else. efl apps do the same as e > > - they use efl to render the mouse cursor if they need a custom one > > of their own. > Ah. So I could write some code to make a bigger mouse pointer? > > > as a result x cursors are very limited in what they can do. a set of > > N images for sizing and then N images in sequence looping if you > > want animation and a hotspot. that's it. e's cursors can do this > > Except they cannot do sizing independently from the rest of the theme, > if I understand you right. they can. have you seen the pointer settings dialog with a slider for size? i said it has both a size AND pointer scale to scale. 99% of people just want the scale setting - that's good enough for 99% of cases and 99% fo uses. there is a separate cursor size slider. this size is multiplied by the scale factor to produce a final size. 99% of people will never need more than the scale factor. there is a slider in e's cursor for size as well. > > any amount of signals can be sent to a pointer and the theme can > > respond. > I love your enthusiasm and explanation. > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
