Remote cursor location

[Constantin Kaplinsky]

Hello Jon,

>>>>> Jon Watte wrote:

> Is there a pseudo-encoding that lets me get the remote machine cursor
> location (coordinate)?
> 
> When I request the cursor image, I don't know where to put it. I can
> put it where the local user has his cursor, but in the case where the
> local user is just viewing a remote user, this doesn't make sense,
> because you really want to see the remote cursor. Still, it's much
> more efficient to just send "cursor moved to X" than to send the
> framebuffer equivalent of graphics updates.

TightVNC supports such a pseudo-encoding called PointerPos:

#define rfbEncodingPointerPos      0xFFFFFF18

The x and y coordinates of the "pseudo-encoded" rectangle are
interpreted as the coordinates of the cursor. Width and height fields
are not used and should be 0.

-- 
With Best Wishes,
Constantin