Is it possible to have two different foci/focuses on X windows? (Basically using two mice and keyboards with one physical machine simultaneously. If so, how is this accomplished?
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Is it possible to have two different foci/focuses on X windows? (Basically using two mice and keyboards with one physical machine simultaneously. If so, how is this accomplished?
With recent Xorg servers, yes. You need to use the XInput Extension version 2.0 or newer. You’ll also need a Window Manager capable of doing that, and I’m not sure which of the modern WMs can do that already.
Documentation:
On Debian Testing I can even get two pointers and start using them right now (one controlled by the USB mouse and the other by the touchpad):