Re: [pygame] drawing a mouse cursor

[Michael <mogmios@mlug.missouri.edu>]

Hrm. It works okay for me now but other people have told me it seems 
really slow for them. Could some of you try and see if it works decently 
for you?

http://kavlon.org/index.php/cb should have the source.

> > pygame does support changing the system cursor. you still are stuck 
> > with a 'boring' black and white cursor, but it will be controlled by 
> > the system.
> >
> > you can also pretty easily blit your own cursor image when you draw 
> > the screen. it sounds like this is what you are doing. if the cursor 
> > motion is jumpy i suspect it is because your framerate is low.
> >
> > getting the framerate up could be hard if you've already done your 
> > optimizing stuff. if your time is spent rendering it will be tough. 
> > if there are many computations being done you could break them up 
> > into batches. perhaps checking every number of computations for more 
> > mouse input. clearing and redrawing just that area should be pretty 
> > fast and keep the mouse much smoother.