On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i have two mice at my system (ps/2 and seriell). now i have only one mouse 
> pointer. but i want to have two mouse pointer, each for one mouse. is this 
> possible? and how must i change the xf86config file? or must i split the x11 in 
> some way?

X is not designed for 2 pointers, so there is no way of telling 
applications which pointer is giving them information.

I believe that it can't be done at the moment, but this question keeps 
coming yp, so I've started wondering what people want to happen.
How do you want this to work ?
It is usually the case that one application or window has the input focus
and is told when a mouse button or key is pressed (or released).
If there were two pointers, each selecting a different window,
would you get a click in the appropriate window when a mouse button
is pressed ? Which window would get keyboard input ?

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison         Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

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