[twobob]

Originally Posted by PoP

You got it. My 5 way moves the character cursor too, as expected. I want to also move the mouse pointer.

this thread - obliquely - discusses the issue

http://osdir.com/ml/emulators.qemu/2.../msg00085.html

http://osdir.com/ml/emulators.qemu/2.../msg00093.html

etc..


other thoughts:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...ordinates-in-x


get cursor position

#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <malloc.h>

static int _XlibErrorHandler(Display *display, XErrorEvent *event) {
    fprintf(stderr, "An error occured detecting the mouse position\n");
    return True;
}

int main(void) {
    int number_of_screens;
    int i;
    Bool result;
    Window *root_windows;
    Window window_returned;
    int root_x, root_y;
    int win_x, win_y;
    unsigned int mask_return;

    Display *display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
    assert(display);
    XSetErrorHandler(_XlibErrorHandler);
    number_of_screens = XScreenCount(display);
    fprintf(stderr, "There are %d screens available in this X session\n", number_of_screens);
    root_windows = malloc(sizeof(Window) * number_of_screens);
    for (i = 0; i < number_of_screens; i++) {
        root_windows[i] = XRootWindow(display, i);
    }
    for (i = 0; i < number_of_screens; i++) {
        result = XQueryPointer(display, root_windows[i], &window_returned,
                &window_returned, &root_x, &root_y, &win_x, &win_y,
                &mask_return);
        if (result == True) {
            break;
        }
    }
    if (result != True) {
        fprintf(stderr, "No mouse found.\n");
        return -1;
    }
    printf("Mouse is at (%d,%d)\n", root_x, root_y);

    free(root_windows);
    return 0;
}

So... XQueryPointer(display, root_windows[0], &window_returned,
&window_returned, &root_x, &root_y, &win_x, &win_y,
&mask_return);

perhaps that could be "massaged"

Setting x y

..., a flexible X-automation tool is xte, part of the xautomation package. Use xte -h to see a list of the X events it supports. This example goes to a point 320 pixels from the left edge of the screen and 50 pixels down and then fakes a click there with button 1:


xte 'mousemove 320 50' 'mousedown 1'
'mouseup 1'

The mousedown and mouseup events are separate, so you can drag as well as click.

also http://www.slack.com/sw/xwit-man.html

and http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/input/XWarpPointer.html

xdotool may also be useful (This I have)

HTH. no answers, but thoughts in a direction