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From: adamj@web8c.berkeley.edu (Adam J. Richter)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Implementation-independent software cursor driver
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Date: 26 Apr 88 07:11:24 GMT
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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.
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