[PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

[McDonald, Michael-p7438c]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Gettys [mailto:jg at freedesktop.org] 
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 1:24 PM
> To: McDonald, Michael-p7438c
> Cc: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only
> 
> At this date, it seems to me that arbitrary size cursors should be
> supported....

> And XQueryBestCursor already provides a way for clients to 
> find out the
> sizes that the hardware can support; toolkits/applications can become
> aware of cursor size limitations if they 

  So then XQueryBestCursor should be read as XQueryBestHWCursor? What
about arbitrary depth cursor images? Is a monochrome screen suppose to
handle a ARGB cursor image?

  Arbitrary size and depth "cursors" can already be implemented with
pixmaps and pointer grabs, can't they?

Mike McDonald
GDC4S/FCS/PVM/SDC