[Vm-dev] [Cuis-dev] Larger mouse pointers on QHD screen?

[Nicolas Cellier]

I wanted to check the legacy svn repository status, but what happened to it?

http://squeakvm.org/svn


Le lun. 2 sept. 2019 à 23:08, Nicolas Cellier <
nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hi all,
> I just recompiled and tested cog branch head and confirm that neither 64
> nor 32bits linux spur VM do honour the large cursor request.
> The best would be to open an issue on
> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm.
>
>
> Le lun. 2 sept. 2019 à 17:23, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> a
> écrit :
>
>>
>> Reported on Cuis, copying to vm-dev for follow-up. Replies should go to
>> vm-dev.
>>
>> Large cursor support is reported to be not working on 64-bit Linux VMs.
>> On Squeak, test this by enabling the "Use bigger mouse cursors"
>> preference.
>>
>> This is probably a build configuration issue. On a 64-bit interpreter VM
>> on Linux, larger cursors work as expected if and only if the xrender
>> development library is present in the build, e.g.
>>
>>     $ sudo apt-get install libxrender-dev
>>
>> My memory jogger was this:
>>
>>   Name: VMMaker-dtl.298
>>   Author: dtl
>>   Time: 12 February 2013, 7:34:34.873 pm
>>   UUID: dc5ab81f-c19f-4416-ae5e-edb2909e3eb0
>>   Ancestors: VMMaker-dtl.297
>>
>>   VMMaker 4.10.11
>>
>>   Enable large cursor support in the 64-bit image. Previous concern about
>>   bitmap conversion is apparently no longer relevant, as
>> #primitiveBeCursor
>>   works properly on the 64-bit image (but tested only on little-endian).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 07:50:50AM -0300, Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev
>> wrote:
>> > You can (and should) report the issue in vm-dev.
>> >
>> > Still, look at #needsToBeDrawn and friends. In a few hours of hacking,
>> > you can fix it in the image (even if you don't know much of the current
>> > code).
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > On 9/1/2019 10:48 AM, Steve Davies wrote:
>> > >Hi Juan,
>> > >
>> > >Thanks for coming back to me.  Forgot to say that its a Linux
>> > >environment so I guess I guess I'm not going to get help from the vm.
>> > >
>> > >Steve
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 at 15:44, Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org
>> > ><mailto:juan at jvuletich.org>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >    On 9/1/2019 9:41 AM, Steve Davies via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> > >    > Hi,
>> > >    >
>> > >    > I use a very lovely Dell 9360 which has a QHD screen.
>> > >    >
>> > >    > Its easy to set fonts to get a legible screen, but is there
>> > >    anything I
>> > >    > can do to get a mouse pointer that isn't tiny?
>> > >    >
>> > >    > Thanks,
>> > >    > Steve
>> > >    >
>> > >    Hi Steve,
>> > >
>> > >    That depends on whether the VM has support for larger mouse
>> pointers.
>> > >    For example, selecting 'Huge Fonts' sets up larger mouse pointers
>> > >    on Mac
>> > >    OS and Windows, but not on Linux (Ubuntu), using the official 64
>> bit
>> > >    VMs. I believe the Linux VM doesn't have support for that.
>> > >
>> > >    You could ask about this in the vm-dev mail list:
>> > >    http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/vm-dev . As an
>> > >    alternative, the hand could be drawn by Morphic and not by the OS.
>> > >    See
>> > >    #needsToBeDrawn.
>> > >
>> > >    Cheers,
>> > >
>> > >    --
>> > >    Juan Vuletich
>> > >    www.cuis-smalltalk.org <http://www.cuis-smalltalk.org>
>> > >    https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>> > >    https://github.com/jvuletich
>> > >    https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3
>> > >    @JuanVuletich
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >Steve Davies: Technical Director, Connection Telecom (Pty) Ltd
>> > >Email is preferred, but: Phone: 0878200200
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Juan Vuletich
>> > www.cuis-smalltalk.org
>> > https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>> > https://github.com/jvuletich
>> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3
>> > @JuanVuletich
>> >
>>
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