[comp.windows.x] Implementation-independent software cursor driver

adamj@web8c.berkeley.edu (Adam J. Richter) (04/26/88)

Hello world,

	I've managed to repackage Adam de Boor's and David Rosenthal's
soft cursor systerm (in the Sun X11 server) implementation-independently.
I'm looking for a few brave beta testers.  If you think you've got the
right stuff, get the file /usr/weaver/adamj/softcursor.tar.Z via
anonymous ftp from weaver.berkeley.edu (128.32.184.3), untar it onto
an X source tree, delete X.V11R2/server/ddx/sun/sunGC.* (which is no
longer used), and build the server.


	Winnage:
		- No sun dependencies.
		- Does not require a memory-mapped display.
		- Lints better.
		- Two seperate interface tiers
			+ One for drawing and undrawing the cursor.
			+ One for figuring out when the cursor should
			  be undrawn.

	I stress that this is a BETA version.  The code seems to work
for the Sun 3/50's.  I'm really interested in finding out if it works
in unusual configurations, like two dissimilar screens, or on a custom
X11 port.  This should simplify quick X11 server ports.
Adam J. Richter			adamj@widow.berkeley.edu
				....!ucbvax!widow!adamj
				Home: (415)549-6379
				Sun room: (415)642-7762

farhad@tehran.Berkeley.EDU (Farhad Shakeri) (05/06/88)

> Hello world,
> 
> ......
> right stuff, get the file /usr/weaver/adamj/softcursor.tar.Z via
> anonymous ftp from weaver.berkeley.edu (128.32.184.3), untar it onto
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> an X source tree, delete X.V11R2/server/ddx/sun/sunGC.* (which is no
> longer used), and build the server.
>  ........
>
> Adam J. Richter			adamj@widow.berkeley.edu
> 				....!ucbvax!widow!adamj
> 				Home: (415)549-6379
> 				Sun room: (415)642-7762


 Not so, adam.

 This machine (weaver.berkeley.edu) is not, and will not be, used for
 anonymous ftp. This machine is a server only and is used very heavily.

 Anonymous ftp has been removed from weaver.berkeley.edu.

 Farhad Shakeri
 University of California at Berkeley

adamj@monet.Berkeley.EDU (Adam J. Richter) (05/06/88)

farhad@tehran.Berkeley.EDU (Farhad Shakeri) writes:

> Anonymous ftp has been removed from weaver.berkeley.edu.
> Farhad Shakeri
> University of California at Berkeley

	softcursor.tar.Z is now available via anonymous ftp from
expo.lcs.mit.edu's contrib directory.

			--Adam J. Richter
Adam J. Richter			adamj@widow.berkeley.edu
2600 Ridge Road			....!ucbvax!widow!adamj
Berkeley, CA 94709		Home: (415)549-6379