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 ?
Yes it is so. I want to have one pointer which is the "normal" mouse pointer to
generate normal events, and the other should be a graphic table that only react
when I do something in a "prepared" application.
>If so, I think it is already supported.
Where is it supported? Can you give me a little bit help?
>-Peter
Thanks Thorsten
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