its easy to get the root window (it is done with the DefaultRootWindow() macro) everything is drawn on that window so if u take a screenshot of it (a pixmap) u can manipulate it however you want, with that pixmap you can make a bigger one and paste it back to the root window
> Hi, > > I was wondering if it is possible (and I know it is..) to hack the XFree86 > code to make the virtual screen follow the mouse's cursor as if the > screen's window mouvement was linked to the centered cursor. By that I mean > that if I move the cursor, the whole zoomed section of the screen moves > with the cursor. Then if the cursor reach a certain percentage of the > zoomed screen' width and height it stops being linked so it becomes > possible to move the cursor freely again.. > > The purpose of this is for a friend of mine who has 30% of his vision and > is using UNIX. He needs his screen to be in very low resolution for him to > see things clearly. > > I am just asking a evaluation of how hard and how long might it takes to do > such a job onto the XFree86 source code. I will do such modifications > myself but I was hoping for you to give me a hand to publish the code and > expose it on xfree.org to promote and help people with vision problems.. > > Thanks for your time, > > Maxime Labelle - http://www.vt220.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 -- _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
