Re: mouse position question

[Vulpes Velox <v velox vvelox net>]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:49:14 -0500
"Chas Owens" <chas owens gmail com> wrote:

> On 12/29/06, Vulpes Velox <v velox vvelox net> wrote:
> > Just been looking through the pods that come with it. I am not
> > seeing any that truely stand out as containing what I am looking
> > for and the ones I have checked did not.
> >
> > Is there any way to get the position of the pointer and change it?
> >
> > If not any suggestions for other perl modules for this?
>
> It seems as if it is a bad idea.  What specific effect are you
> trying to achieve?
>
> <snip href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/faqs.html";>
> Can I move the mouse pointer myself?
>
> There is an Xlib routine called XWarpPointer() that does this, but
> GDK does not wrap it. It is almost certainly a bad idea to use this
> feature (in fact it is intended for window managers only); you might
> consider writing to one of the GTK+ or Gnome mailing lists to ask
> for another way to achieve whatever you are trying to achieve.
> However, you can always use Xlib routines (such as XWarpPointer())
> by including gdk/gdkx.h and gdk/gdkprivate.h, then manipulating the
> private parts of the GDK data structures. If that sounds unsavory,
> it probably should.
> </snip>

I want to be able to hotkey going between :0.0 and :0.1. I found away
to do this. Get the current mouse position, set the $DISPLAY
enviromental to the screen I wish to move to, and then move the
cursor to that point. Just need to write a little program for getting
and setting the mouse position.