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[James [Wez] Weatherall]

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Darxus wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Robert J. Brown wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "Darxus" == Darxus  <darxus "at" Op.Net> writes:
> > 
> >     Darxus> Would it be possible to swap the two mouse location
> >     Darxus> indicators (the arror and the dot) ?  I find that the
> >     Darxus> position currently indicated by the dot is much more
> >     Darxus> useful, and would be easier to see if it were using the
> >     Darxus> regular mouse pointer.
> > 
> > Not likely, as the arrow is relayed video from the host, and the dot
> > is locally generated.  About all that could be done is to make the dot 
> > bigger.
> 
> One of the machines that I've accessed via VNC has a ladybug mouse
> pointer, but it displays on my screen as the standard pointer.

Curious.  Is it a standard pointer?  Or an application one?

> Another interesting, although not particularly important (to me) piece of
> information about that particular connection is that when I am remotely
> accessing the machine with the ladybug pointer, the ladybug disappeares
> quite frequently -- seems to redraw only poorly when you move the mouse.

This suggests that you have enabled Poll Full Screen in the WinVNC
Properties.

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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