From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91920138260 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF662E0B81; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:48:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f171.google.com (mail-we0-f171.google.com [74.125.82.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A071CE09EE for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:48:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id t60so4666006wes.2 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:48:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BkgNzL9wljalPMoFQwWqi7fluy6N7fsY89AMmT538a8=; b=Tw6+7kTdgiuB5TLaLhUkRCUZ2Juam6atvw+zi2A/Ia5YQeoWENf9YtAlgtAa3J8HxH tHhTwSJicf7mLl506XR0lMNDVAYpLTFID8s9/V7JE265XtNrZSLXGb3eFshbRRD6FaRy uujrf178sUJ71YCuU03wKYfaOsLjLApssxaQkqjhab+2m1u4B6uRQ+f8oV1lszJvjmDy LpAQIMZpGJsrTkVK5CvUoE6924tuhFJ9cdfiwGl+X1RXEiY6VWfYYhDULbuHMVsb9rcI GjA+jXt+6+B7hzRtpsmB+231/IzxYlNHDMpcQThrMyM6tL8EXBod5/01GgsUjBp5PmVn 44hQ== X-Received: by 10.180.101.134 with SMTP id fg6mr1442480wib.9.1382770109181; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:48:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.40] (196-210-127-251.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.127.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id d11sm13230656wic.4.2013.10.25.23.48.27 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:48:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <526B65B8.8010908@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:48:24 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: mouse pointer not consistent [net-misc/rdesktop-1.7.1] References: <526ACB30.6050005@gmail.com> <526B23F9.7020104@iinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <526B23F9.7020104@iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0b7feaef-2b95-4b5a-a69b-52e44461bfdf X-Archives-Hash: 4f1cdf76b7bb4d782a26e339df596297 On 26/10/2013 04:07, William Kenworthy wrote: > On 26/10/13 03:49, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> When running [net-misc/rdesktop-1.7.1], I've noticed that the mouse >> pointer is sometimes shaped like a capital letter 'I', like when a mouse >> pointer is over a string of characters. Sorry, not sure what the proper >> name for the character is. While at other times, it is a proper mouse >> pointer, shaped like an arrow. >> >> Is it possible to have the proper mouse pointer displayed at all times? >> >> Thanks. >> >> > > Isnt that a "feature" - its telling you that the area below the pointer > is for text entry. That's correct. rdesktop connects to a Windows host (usually) and Windows changes the cursor depending on what it is hovering over. It *is* consistent from a Windows POV -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com