11.7 Getting Pointer Motion History

Some X server implementations will maintain a more complete history of pointer motion than is reported by event notification. The pointer position at each pointer hardware interrupt may be stored in a buffer for later retrieval. This buffer is called the motion history buffer. For example, a few applications, such as paint programs, want to have a precise history of where the pointer traveled. However, this historical information is highly excessive for most applications.

To determine the approximate maximum number of elements in the motion buffer, use XDisplayMotionBufferSize().

To get the motion history for a specified window and time, use XGetMotionEvents().

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