[PATCH] Make -nocursor a runtime option to and remove the compile time NULL_ROOT_CURSOR

Ray Strode halfline at gmail.com
Sat Sep 27 17:13:09 PDT 2008


Hi,


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:20 PM, David Greaves <david at dgreaves.com> wrote:
> Barry Scott wrote:
>> Am I right in thinking this only disables the cursor over the root
>> window and not over the whole screen?
> Yes.
> Individual apps have the ability to remove their own cursor - and can't the
> cursor can be managed once X has started?
>
> This patch covers the tiny time period when the cross is the only thing visible
> on the screen. Pure vanity :)

Note the X server doesn't show the cross when starting up anymore.

See,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=e02f864fdf19a5ab1682336be343c57fdb69ef43

--Ray



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