On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Trent Whaley wrote: > On July 10, 2002 12:32 am, Nick Name wrote about "Re: [Xpert]2 mice with 2 > mouse pointer": > > > Still I can't see the point-er :) What use could a second pointer be of? > > If you're doing CAD or GIS work, the second pointer could be a digitizer.
That's how you would /control/ the second pointer. The lo-level driver side has always been clear. The question is how the hi-level representation of two "coordinate sources" should be. Would you want one pointer controlled by both the mouse and the digitizer? Do you want two pointers, one controlled by the mouse and one by the digitizer? Would they be equal? Would they both be displayed at all times? Could "clicks" with both of them be seen as normal mouse clicks by legacy X applications? What about focus issues? What about mouse grabs? Or would it be enough for "CAD or GIS work" if one the pointers was the "real" pointer, which would generate normal events, and the other one controlled another cursor -- with a distinct look -- that generated another kind of mouse events that only "prepared" applications would receive ? If so, I think it is already supported. -Peter _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
