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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: OpenWindows:  How does it work?
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Date: 6 Feb 91 00:28:02 GMT
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>> [Openwindows 2.0]

>> While we're at it, why do Sunview applications always have that
>> annoying white border around them?  Is there any way to get rid of
>> it?
[previous text indicates border is 16 pixels wide.]
> The white border is a hack to keep the SunView cursor from leaving
> "turds" on the X11/NeWS screen and vice versa, since each window
> system wants to manage the cursor themselves.  It works most of the
> time, but I agree it is aesthetically displeasing.

Does this imply that the X side of X11/NeWS is limited to 16x16
cursors?

And in passing, why white?  Shouldn't it be user-selectable?  (A
16-pixel border of white would be quite glaring on my screen, which is
always white-on-black.)

					der Mouse

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