Re: X cursor

Brian Paul <brian-CdwZJljFklH+2FeEXyspIVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:03:45 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver
Organization	Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Keith Packard wrote:
> Around 21 o'clock on Nov 13, David Morse wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've always wondered, what *is* the mouse cursor?  Do video cards have a 
>>2 bit overlay plane just for the mouse cursor, or are they doing 
>>save-unders, or what?
> 
> 
> Most have a 2-bit overlay, newer ones have a 32-bit ARGB overlay.

But this is really more like a sprite (of limited width/height) than a 
full-screen overlay, right?

-Brian