[Vm-dev] Bigger cursors needed
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Sun Mar 25 17:30:07 UTC 2007
On Mar 25, 2007, at 19:00 , Ian Piumarta wrote:
> Hi Bert,
>
>> I implemented ioSetCursorARGB() on X11 using the XRender
>> extension, see attachment. It's a stand-alone test program that
>> uses ioSetCursorARGB() to show a nicely colored cursor. This is
>> not hooked up to the new primitive yet - can you do this soonish
>> or should I work on a more complete patch?
>
> I'm a little concerned that this will cause the entire vm-display-
> X11 plugin to fail to load on any machine that doesn't have
> libXrender. Is there any way to implement this stuff without
> depending on Xrender? Alternatively, are you absolutely sure every
> machine bigger than a wristwatch is guaranteed to have the Xrender
> extension? Alternatively, how about I add a 'configure' option
> that turns on this support explicitly?
>
> Remember that (1) the OLPC isn't the only machine that uses an X11
> window and (2) most people download binaries with all of the
> dependencies screwed in as absolute requirements on their local
> machine for the VM to run properly. Anything that we fix
> specifically for (1) must not degrade the experience or complicate
> life for (2).
Good point. But I'm pretty sure Xrender is supported on any Linux
nowadays - it is in the X server for close to 7 years now (since
XFree86 4.0.1).
- Bert -
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