Re: What 'bout... multiple cursor support?

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Marcel Partap wrote:

> Hi all,
> while cleaning up my room I just found a note I made some time ago about a
> silly idea that itched my mind... I got two mouses, and I am sure I am not the
> only one. What annoys me: I can't sensefully use them both at once. They
> only move ONE cursor. What about - ehhh - two cursors? One could obviously do
> twice as much, either just for fun (games etc.) or as real efficiency
> improvement (imagine all those tasks where you repeatedly have to
> click-move-click-moveback etc. etc. ... ).

   I don't think it's possible to have two cursors in the X-Window
environment.  There are fundamental assumptions about a single
cursor on many levels: Xlib, protocol, server implementation.  I
doubt they could be solved through extension.


			Mark.