[Telepathy] Vino-telepathy for a single window?

Robert McQueen robert.mcqueen at collabora.co.uk
Thu Aug 13 06:59:30 PDT 2009


Daniel Stone wrote:
> Hi,

Ahoy,

> This is pretty much the kicker.  There's XSendEvent, but pretty much
> every toolkit/app ever goes out of its way to ignore it.  Don't ask why
> it exists.

So, er, how does VNC usually work?

> If they're offscreen, then it's entirely possible with new enough X
> servers to create another cursor and just warp that around to your
> heart's content.  This would need minor hackery to allow offscreen
> input, however (cough).

Buh boh.

> Actually, apps are shockingly robust against this kind of thing, mostly,
> kind of, until you open a menu.

;)

> Cheers,
> Daniel

Regards,
Rob

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