X gurus?

[pehr anderson]

Dear Mike, 

I could really use the same thing.
In my studies of this, so far I have learned that
there is an extension to X called XTEXT extension

Some docs are at the following:
/usr/doc/XFree86-doc-3.3.5/Xext/xtest.PS.gz
/usr/doc/XFree86-doc-3.3.5/Xext/xtestlib.PS.gz

Please let me know how things go. I would like 
to learn more about how you solve your problem.
	-pehr

Mike Sabin wrote:
> 
> I am beginning a small project which I am afraid may
> have to end up being written in C (I say afraid,
> because I will have to LEARN C first, if this is the
> case).  I am programming for the X Windows environment
> on Linux, and need to accomplish the following two
> things:
> 
> 1. At a certain time, I need to get the x-y coordinates
> of my mouse pointer, no matter where my pointer is at
> the time (it could be over the window for some other
> application, but I want a function call to return
> the coordinates to my application)
> 
> 2. At a certain time, I need to artificially generate
> a button 1 mouse click, whereever the mouse pointer is
> currently located (e.g. over another application's
> window).  My program must do this, without me actually
> having to click on the mouse or hit any key.
> 
> Can it be done in python?  I actually don't have much
> hope that it can, but I am often surprised what some
> of you people will come up with around here....
> 
> Mike Sabin