export declare const POINTER_LOG: string;
export declare const FRAMES_LOG: string;
export declare const FRAMES_DIR: string;
/** Newest-last tail of the pointer trail, from disk or the in-memory ring. The
 *  caller need not know which — that is the persistToDisk policy's business. */
export declare function readRecentPointerTrail(maxLines: number): string[];
/** The latest frame notice, or null. There is never a frame when the policy
 *  forbids persistence, since no JPEG was written to point at. */
export declare function readLatestFrameNotice(): string | null;
/**
 * Route one line of daemon output to the pointer trail or the frame notice.
 * Exported so the storage decision can be tested without spawning PowerShell.
 */
export declare function ingestPointerDaemonLine(line: string): void;
export declare function startPointerCapture(options?: {
    persistToDisk?: boolean;
}): {
    stop: () => void;
};
export declare function stopPointerCapture(): void;