Re: DGA and PointerMoved()

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>> Is it intentional that pScrn->PointerMoved() is being called (by whom?)
>> when DGA is active?

>> I only receive the cursor's last coordinates here from the time before
>> DGA was activated. Any mouse movement while DGA is active has no
>> influence on the coordinates received here.

>   There is no cursor in DGA mode.  Clients can still get mouse
> events, but that's not the same thing.  DGA mouse events reflect
> relative motion rather than absolute, and the bulk of the cursor
> paths need to be bypassed.  That is, the cursor isn't anywhere,
> the mouse has been disconnected from the cursor and the relative
> mouse events are sent directly to the client.

Yes, but I don't think that answers Thomas's question.

Marc.

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