alt Hacker NewsIt's not as weird as you might think: laptops may have touchscreens (which can be multi-touch) on top of the "normal" cursor. IIRC, X.org can't really handle such cases cleanly.
It's not as weird as you might think: laptops may have touchscreens (which can be multi-touch) on top of the "normal" cursor. IIRC, X.org can't really handle such cases cleanly.
That's not what this article is about. You still only have one mouse cursor in that case, but two things (the touchscreen and touchpad) drive it.
This is about actually having multiple, independent mouse cursors on the screen at once, with different input devices controlling different cursors.