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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: 'Busy' mouse icon?
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1998-03-27 20:52:51
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Changing the global cursor in X is a pain.

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Jeffrey J. Davey wrote:

> Mark E. DeYoung wrote:
> > 
> [snip]
> > The icon changes. It doesn't prevent the user from pressing it again but
> > at least it looks "busy".
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, Mark.  However, I feel it only goes partway
> in solving this particular problem.  What about desktop shortcuts?  What
> about selecting applications from the Go! menu, for that matter?
> 
> Is it standard for applications to set the mouse icon when they come
> up?  If so, Kpanel could change the mouse icon to some "busy yet able to
> do other things" image (i.e. my suggestion to have both the hourglass
> and pointer), and then when said application comes up, the mouse icon
> could automatically get set to whatever it needs.
> 
> This, to me, seems to require less changes, but would be effective for
> practically everything.
> 
> What do you (and others) think?
> 
> jeff
> 
> p.s. Thanks for the 'KDE Rules of Engagement'.  ;-)
> 
> 

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