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- From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
- Subject: Re: Finding the current cursor
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.105349.8026@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
- Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
- References: <1992Jul22.161928.19371@andersen.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 10:53:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.161928.19371@andersen.co.uk>, darby@andersen.co.uk (Dave Darby) writes:
-
- > During an application I need to change the cursor, I do this with
- > XdefineCursor. I would like to be able to store the original cursor
- > so that I can change it back.
-
- This is not possible. There is no way to find out what cursor a given
- window is using, largely because there may no longer be any valid XID
- for it.
-
- If you just want to change the cursor for "busy cursor" purposes, you
- may be interested in entry 118 from the FAQ. (I can mail this entry,
- or the whole FAQ, if necessary.)
-
- der Mouse
-
- mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
-