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From: leconte@irisa.fr (Thierry Leconte)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,in.xpert
Subject: Re: Moving pointer in software ?
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.184933.15331@irisa.fr>
Date: 13 Mar 91 18:49:33 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.094825@wsl.dec.com>
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From article <1991Mar13.094825@wsl.dec.com>, by klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee):
> In article <1991Mar12.094355.10444@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>, cadp16@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
> |> Is it possible to change the position of the mouse pointer through software?
> 
> XWarpPointer() does this, but is generally considered anti-social.
> 

Yes but sometime very fun !

Try this : (cc xgag.c -lX -lXt -o xgag)
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/* ********************************************************************* * 
 * xgag.c T. Leconte 1 April 1990
 * ********************************************************************* */
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <X11/StringDefs.h>
#include <stdio.h>



static Display *screen;
static XtAppContext context;

int xdel=2;
int ydel=3;
int timedel=50;

void 
bouge(cyc, id)
	char         *cyc;
	XtIntervalId   *id;
{


XWarpPointer(screen,None,None,0,0,0,0,xdel,ydel);

XtAppAddTimeOut(context, timedel , bouge, 0);
}

main(argc, argv)
	int             argc;
	char          **argv;
{

	XtToolkitInitialize();
	context = XtCreateApplicationContext();

	screen = XtOpenDisplay(context, NULL, "xgag", "XGag", 0,
		0, &argc, argv);
	if (screen==NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr,"Unable to open display\n");
		exit(-1);
	}
if (argc >1)
	xdel=atoi(argv[1]);

if (argc >2)
	ydel=atoi(argv[2]);

if (argc >3)
	timedel=atoi(argv[3]);

	XtAppAddTimeOut(context, timedel, bouge, 0);

XtAppMainLoop(context);
}

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