Karl,
Many thanks. It will save a lot of time. <ducasse > suggested that we keep 
it public to get maximum benefit from your efforts.

I am preparing a presentation where I for the first time replace PowerPoint 
with Squeak. I need a bigger cursor that is visible to the audience so that 
they can follow what I am doing.

showTemporaryCursor: works nicely, but it is too temporary. Specifically, I 
have subclassed SystemWindow in some places. It transpires that 
SystemWindow resets the cursor when I move from one pane to another. This 
is the stack when it does so:
     1: MethodContext/showTemporaryCursor:hotSpotOffset: (nil)
     2: HandMorph/showTemporaryCursor:
     3: NewHandleMorph/followHand:forEachPointDo:lastPointDo:withCursor:
     4: SystemWindow/spawnPaneFrameHandle:
     5: SystemWindow/spawnReframeHandle:
     6: SystemWindow/paneTransition:
     7: EventHandler/send:to:withEvent:fromMorph:
     8: EventHandler/mouseLeave:fromMorph:
     9: AlignmentMorph/mouseLeave:
     10: AlignmentMorph/handleMouseLeave:
         etc.

The SystemWindow seems to insist on resetting the cursor, so may be I have 
to employ a traditional pointer made of wood.

P.S. The above dump of the stack was created by adding a statement in the 
HandMorph/showTemporaryCursor: method. I post the necessary code in a 
separate e-mail.

Regards
--Trygve



At 04.11.2003 14:43, you wrote:


>Trygve Reenskaug wrote:
>
> > I would be very grateful if I could spend more time on new and ported
> > stuff, and less on second guessing how to do simple things like keeping a
> > large cursor on the screen for the duration of a demo. And can I find a
> > large hand cursor anywhere?
>
>Any form can be a cursor. For example in a SketchMorph inspector doIt:
>ActiveHand showTemporaryCursor: self form
>
> > So, is there a volunteer mentor out there?
>
>Sure, I can be a mentor.
>
>Karl


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