[Plib-users] Mouse movement... grabbing/locking pointer in window?

[Cameron B. <ko...@da...>]

Hi,

Im looking to do FPS style view control, which Im figuring
is setting view angle based on change in mouse position (and that
seems to work fine), but the trouble is that in window mode, the
mouse actually moves out of the window. (I can keep getting events,
but it just seems like an ugly solution, especially with mouse
buttons too).
 
So, I guess Im wondering if there is a way to 'grab' the mouse pointer
(or, more hacky, to warp it back to the window center) while in FPS
steering mode. (I guess the problem is 'what happens if it crashes'
and keeps the mouse?)

Ive found XWarpPointer, but thats hardly portable and the same problem
must exist under windows/mac. (It just seems like something many
people would need, and that makes me think that I may be missing
something obvious).

(Warp would seem to avoid the 'what happens if it crashes' problem.)

(I did some looking inside plib and Im sure I can work out what values
to pass to XWarpPointer, but it just seems like it is crying out for a
pw function. :)

Which leads me to ask, is there a wiki or similar for plib? Im sure Im
reinventing the wheel here (which is fun, but still... :).

cheers,
cam


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