[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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