YES! I was working on a project last year that I eventually gave up on. Having this extension would have made it so nice to do.
The latency was my biggest beef; I found workarounds and ways to
accomplish the first 3 items.
Jonathan
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:54:37AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> I've been thinking that we need a new extension for better
>pointer motion in video games and other interactive applications.
>I came to that conclusion a couple years ago and now I wish that
>I had been more proactive back then.
>
> I'd like to see a stand-alone X-extension suitable for
>adoption by X.org that would do all of the following with
>a single request:
>
>1) grab the pointer (and other clients don't get the events)
>2) hide the cursor
>3) receive relative motion instead of absolute motion
>4) do whatever is possible to reduce the latency in reporting
> these events to the client.
>
> Is it generally agreed that this would be a good thing?
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