Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> Here's another question I've not found answered in a fair bit of web
> trolling. Is it possible to have two (or more) independent mouse pointers at
> large on the one X display at the same time? If so, how does one (at a
> portable X application level) set about distinguishing between events from
> each?
> 
> In particular, I want to write simultaneous multiplayer games (both
> co-operative and competitive, mostly educational) for X (-: and would like to
> run an X server that supports this as it makes testing a good deal easier :-).

You can always install additional mice as extension devices. The
application has to then open the extension device and draw it's own
pointer. It takes more effort to open extension devices. Look at
the contributed program xinput as an example.

Having two core mice would cause a lot of design issues, and is
probably not going to happen any time soon.

Joe Krahn
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