Beryl and Enlarged Mouse Pointer

[Robert Cole]

Kristian Lyngstøl wrote:
> On 5/24/07, Robert Cole <rkcole72984 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As far as my use, I would use it as a screen magnifier.  I have very
>> limited vision (20/2000 in my right eye, and no vision in my left with
>> no possible correction for either eye).  I have enough sight, though, to
>> work on the computer using a screen magnifier.  Right now I use
>> gnome-mag, and ti works just fine, but Beryl/Compiz seem to work much
>> more smoothly and take up less resources on my system.  Needless to say
>> I am grateful for both, as I am now able to use Ubuntu as my primary OS
>> rather than Windows. :)  With Beryl/Compiz, however, I cannot find the
>> cursor on-screen as it doe snot enlarge when I use the zoom feature.  I
>> am unsure of how to set it so that the cursor does enlarge on zoom,
>> though.
>
> There should be an option in beryl-settings somewhere, I don't have a
> working copy at the moment, so I can't really give any more details at
> the moment.
>
> I am about to implement this in the zoom plugin I'm writing/improving
> (for summer of code), and I have a few options. I figure I'll do both,
> but is it really any help that the cursor is zoomed along with the
> "normal" zoom, or does it make more sense to separate this? In beryl,
> the pointer is enlarged as you zoom in (when enabled).
>
> Ie: A binding to enlarge just the pointer without actually zooming.
> This could be done both by a static factor in the configuration, and
> on-the-fly gradually enlarging the cursor. That way, you could enlarge
> the cursor even when zoomed out. Does this make sense to you?
>
> Oh, some of this might not be perfect after my summer-work is done;
> David Reveman intends to have Compiz draw the cursor by it self, and
> when/if it does this, some of this will be slightly redundant, but
> until then...
>
>> If I can offer any input, as I've mentioned before, please let me know
>> as I use the magnifier function both in Ubuntu and Windows very
>> heavily.  Unfortunately, however, my programming experience is very
>> lacking.
>
> If you have any ideas related to zoom that could help make your life
> easier, I am very interested in them.
>
>> nonce again, thanks for your response.
>
> And the same to you :)
>
As far as the cursor goes (and this is my personal preference), I like
the cursor to be small (regular sized) when the zoom is at a normal
level.  When zoomed in, however, an enlarged cursor woudl help greatly. 
When I use Beryl right now, the cursor does not enlarge when zooming in;
I'll have to look at the settings regarding this one, though.

Another thing that helps me a lot with gnome-mag is that the pointer is
centered .  I can live without this, but at times it makes things a bit
easier.