TBTblue468·Jul 1, 2024
There’s at least:
- http://www.daidouji.com/oneko/ (ancient)
- https://github.com/crgimenes/neko
- https://git.sr.ht/~leon_plickat/wayneko
In Webneko – a desktop screenmate ported to webcrgimenes
neko
Go2024–2024
crgimenes / neko
neko
Cross-platform cursor-chasing cat, a Go reimplementation of the X11 classic
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2Mentions
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Cross-platform cursor-chasing cat, a Go reimplementation of the X11 classic
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jan 29 | 2024-01-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-05 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 5 | 2024-02-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 12 | 2024-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 19 | 2024-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 26 | 2024-02-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 4 | 2024-03-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 11 | 2024-03-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 18 | 2024-03-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-25 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 25 | 2024-03-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 1 | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 8 | 2024-04-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15 | 2024-04-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22 | 2024-04-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 29 | 2024-04-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-05-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 6 | 2024-05-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-05-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 13 | 2024-05-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-05-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 20 | 2024-05-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-05-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 27 | 2024-05-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3 | 2024-06-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 10 | 2024-06-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 17 | 2024-06-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 24 | 2024-06-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 1 | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-07-08 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesI think it's relatively straightforward? Each mouse should be generating input events, it's "just" a matter of "Mouse1 += (100x, 200y)", "Mouse2 += (-3x, -5y)" and keeping track of a virtual cursor/pointer position that the "real" cursor should jump to depending on which mouse is generating input events.
...and for the use cases, having an extended desktop (eg: airplay to HDTV mounted on the wall) and being able to have your primary "desktop" mouse 100% glued to your main screen, but a secondary "click the play next video button on the tv" mouse is genius!
I'm pretty sure if somebody were sufficiently innovative they could paint a bullseye/target around the virtual cursors with some sort of minor performance penalty (a-la: xNeko - https://github.com/crgimenes/neko).
In Dynamouse: Mouse driver for Mac studios