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Improving the display of the cursor of a remove machine?

From: Timo Rumland <timo.rumland@th...> - 2011-05-28 13:47

Hello,

I use TightVNC for a long time now to get access to my personal small
server at home, and I love this lightweight software which gets
better with each release.

However, there is one question in my mind for which I did not find an
answer yet, searching for it on the net.

I find it very hard to type text over TightVNC on a remove machine
(Windows XP), because I often can't see the blinking cursor and must
wait a few seconds to spot it and to know where my "keyboard-foucs"
is at the moment :)


So my simple question is: is there a way to improve the display of the
(text-)cursor on a remote machine, so it will get updated more
frequently?


Thanks a lot for your help!


Best regards,
Timo

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Re: Improving the display of the cursor of a remove machine?

From: Constantin Kaplinsky <const@ti...> - 2011-05-30 12:37

Hello Timo,

>>>>> Timo Rumland wrote:

> I use TightVNC for a long time now to get access to my personal small
> server at home, and I love this lightweight software which gets
> better with each release.

Thank you!

> I find it very hard to type text over TightVNC on a remove machine
> (Windows XP), because I often can't see the blinking cursor and must
> wait a few seconds to spot it and to know where my "keyboard-foucs"
> is at the moment :)
> 
> So my simple question is: is there a way to improve the display of the
> (text-)cursor on a remote machine, so it will get updated more
> frequently?

As a workaround, try to decrease "Screen polling cycle" in the TightVNC
Server's configuration window, Server tab (e.g. try values like 100-200
ms). That should help if the machine is fast enough and its video driver
implements fast screen grabbing, although it can show things down
otherwise, due to increased CPU usage and screen grabbing delays.

I think it could be possible for us to improve screen polling so that
the area with text cursor would be polled more frequently. Thank you for
your feedback, we'll think how to resolve this issue.

-- 
Best Regards,
Constantin

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