Re: grabbing the mouse cursor

you can try to XWarPCursor if ya want ... some WM's may not like this 
behavior tho

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: grabbing the mouse cursor


> I'm making a radically advanced help system for linux.
> Is there a way to grab the current mouse cursor icon?  (either by id or 
> picture)   Or grab an entire screenshot with the current mouse pointer 
> (hourglass, pointer, etc.)?
>
> XQueryPointer - only tells the mouse position
> XGetImage - grabs the screen without the mouse
> XGetWindowAttributes - doesn't return a needed Cursor
>
> Do I have to manually hack the X server code?  If so, any suggestions on 
> what to do?
>
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
>
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