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From: edmond@oahu.cs.ucla.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Cursor Management
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Date: 9 Dec 88 01:42:57 GMT
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Reply-To: edmond@CS.UCLA.EDU (Edmond Mesrobian)
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I am a bit confused on the proper management of cursors in client windows.
Here is my scenario using a 8 bit plane SUN 3/260 X11 R2:

	1) I create a new colormap, and allocate all of the cells to get 256
	   colors.

	2) I create the window.

	3) I create a cursor using XCreateFontCursor(dpy, XC_gumby).

	4) I recolor the cursor with appropriate colors from my colormap.

When the window and associated colormap gets mapped, the cursor is not
visible in my window. What's the story? Can I have a colortable with 256
colors AND a cursor with its background/foreground set to colors from my
colortable? Or must I just allocate 254 colors and "save" space for my
cursor colors?

How is the cursor handled from window to window? What transformations occur
when the cursor leaves the root window and enters a client window?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. 

thanks,
Edmond Mesrobian
email: edmond@cs.ucla.edu