[patch] VBoxSDL --grabimmediate

[Bernhard Froehlich]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:09:39 -0700 (MST), Warren Block
<wblock at wonkity.com>
wrote:
> The attached patch adds a --grabimmediate option to VBoxSDL.  This lets 
> VBoxSDL start with the mouse and keyboard input already grabbed.
> 
> Use cases:
> 
> For console-only guests, the mouse pointer is useless and only goes away

> when the user clicks.
> 
> Running full-screen guests, one would usually want the input grabbed 
> immediately anyway.  (It could be argued that the --fullscreen option 
> should grab input immediately by default.)
> 
> To use, copy the patch to /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose and 
> rebuild the port.
> 
> Feedback welcome.

Would you mind submitting the patch upstream? Please read the
"How to submit your contributions" chapter in their wiki [1] on how
to correctly do this or create a Bugreport in their bugracker with your
patch.

Thanks!

[1] http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Contributor_information

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