[PD] how to capture window-related mouse-events when toxy is discontinued?

[katja]

Hello,

It happens to be the case that mouse-event capturing as done by
[toxy/tot] is crucial to my Pd performance setups. The object gives xy
positions relative to a window, not to the screen(s). These
coordinates are used to move GUI's around on a large xy-field, like a
multiple-control Kaoss Pad. Specially useful in combination with
touchscreen. Here's one clip illustrating the concept:

http://www.youtube.com/user/instantdecomposer#p/a/u/2/Qo1CwYxmplE

The toxy lib is discontinued in Pd-extended 0.43. Tried to find an
alternative, asked on the Pd forum. No solution so far. I explored gem
for GUI purposes, but this introduces even more dependencies.
Data-structures seem an option at first sight, but can not provide
large reactive area's (only the center pixel of an object is
reactive). Good old [MouseState] doesn't know where the window is. In
a brief moment of optimism, I even considered taking up maintaince of
toxy, but the code is total hocus pocus to me.

In the meantime, one of those live-perfo tools, Slice//Jockey, has
started to spread around the world and is being used by some
performers and composers. As you may understand, I am particularly
concerned to provide a 0.43-compatible version as soon as possible.
Any help to find a window-related mouse-capturing method, working in
0.42 and 0.43 alike, is very much appreciated.

Katja