Because I am trying to make Bochs-RFB compatible with VNCViewers distributed by AT&T.
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

Brad Martin wrote:

> Why not do like VMWare does: capture and hide the real mouse pointer,
> and only show the one the guest OS renders on the screen?  Then, deltas
> would be all you need.  VMWare has a special toolbar thingy for Win95
> that detects when the emulated cursor hits the edge of the screen and
> gives up control of the real mouse at that point so that it almost looks
> like you just dragged the pointer right out of the window, but it also
> has a key sequence that frees the real mouse pointer in case you don't
> have the utility installed or enabled.  The latter way wouldn't be so
> bad; click on the window anywhere, and your real pointer disappears and
> you pick up the other one from wherever you (or the OS) left it.  Hit
> something like CTRL-ALT-ESC and the emulated pointer stops and your real
> pointer reappears.
>
>     --Brad Martin
>
> X-Odus wrote:
> >
> > Does an OS always start the mouse in the center of the screen?  Think it would be
> > safe to assume this?
> >


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