Re: mouse pointer

["Mark R. Bowyer" <Moredhel earthling net>]

>From: Brady Hegberg <bradyh@bitstream.net>

>This reminds me, why are the pointers so crappy looking?  Does Gnome
>have anything to do with the pointers or is it just X?  I've looked for 
>information on this but so far I've been unable to find anything.

Mouse pointers are set by the Xserver, and are limited to single colour with 
mask.  Nothing to see here, please move along =OZ.  Enlightenment does some 
nifty stuff within these limits though.

>Also - will Gnome ever support mouse wheels?  I haven't been able
>to find any discussion of this.  I'm not sure who (X/WM/Gnome) is responsible
>for what (I mean the line is pretty blurry sometimes) but it seems to me that
>Gnome should include support in appropriate widgets.

Again, this is an Xserver thing.  The latest builds of XFree86 have mouse wheel 
support, I think for both IntelliMouse and Logitech, but I have neither, so 
can't say more than that.  You can then configure the X events generated by the 
wheel to have whatever effects in the Window Manager and/or Applications.

Ta,

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