Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

[Anthony Campbell]

On 29 Jul 2016, Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 28. Juli 2016 um 10:14:51, schrieb Steve Litt 
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have Void Linux 64 bit, up to date, with LyX version 2.2.0
> > (2016-05-23). In LyX, the mouse cursor is so thin and tiny I have to
> > move it all around and sometimes drag in order to see where it is.
> > Other programs have bigger mouse cursors.
> > 
> > How do I make my mouse cursor bigger and/or more prominent?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > SteveT
> 
> In preferences you could set
>   \cursor_width 12
> 
>   Kornel


I have a post on my blog about how to get  a large mouse cursor in
Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work for
any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD. Please see 
http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/
archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html

-- 
Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: Where to put the index entry?

[Richard Heck]

On 07/31/2016 02:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I think I asked the question wrong before. Here's all I want to know:
> You have an entire subsection, about carrier pigeons, and you want it
> to show up in the index with its headline (subsection headline) as the
> beginning page and its final paragraph as the ending page. You create
> it with Insert=>Index_entry. The text inside the inset of the beginning
> entry for this subsection looks like the following:
>
> Carrier pigeons|(
>
> Where am I supposed to put that inset:
>
> A) At the very beginning of the subsection heading?
> B) Ad the very end of the subsection heading?
> C) Somewhere else?
>
> If the answer is C, could you please elaborate?

I don't know for sure, but I think I'd put it at the beginning of the
first paragraph
of text in the section. It can be a bad idea to put this kind of thing
inside moving
arguments, such as section headings. The point is that the content of
the \section
macro ends up getting copied to the TOC, to page headings, etc, and that
can
cause problems.

Richard

Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

[Anthony Campbell]

On 31 Jul 2016, Charlie wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:17:15 +0100 "Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.uk"
> informed me of this:
> 
>   > I have a post on my blog about how to get  a large mouse
>   cursor in
> > Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work for
> > any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD. Please see 
> > http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/
> > archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html
> 
> I didn't think Mutt broke URL's?
> 
> Wrong again I suppose.
> 
> Be well,
> Charlie
> 
> 
> -- 
>   Registered Linux User:- 329524
>   ***
> 
>   The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves
>   and robbers there will be. Lao-tzu
> 
>   ***
> 
>   Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed.
> 
>   -

My fault  - sorry about that. I thought it would make it more readable.
Here it is unbroken:

http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html


-- 
Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Where to put the index entry?

[Steve Litt]

Hi all,

I think I asked the question wrong before. Here's all I want to know:
You have an entire subsection, about carrier pigeons, and you want it
to show up in the index with its headline (subsection headline) as the
beginning page and its final paragraph as the ending page. You create
it with Insert=>Index_entry. The text inside the inset of the beginning
entry for this subsection looks like the following:

Carrier pigeons|(

Where am I supposed to put that inset:

A) At the very beginning of the subsection heading?
B) Ad the very end of the subsection heading?
C) Somewhere else?

If the answer is C, could you please elaborate?

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt 
July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
 of the Successful Technologist
http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

[Charlie]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:17:15 +0100 "Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.uk"
informed me of this:

> I have a post on my blog about how to get  a large mouse
cursor in
> Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work for
> any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD. Please see 
> http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/
> archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html

I didn't think Mutt broke URL's?

Wrong again I suppose.

Be well,
Charlie


-- 
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves
and robbers there will be. Lao-tzu

***

Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed.

-

Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

[Charlie]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:20:41 +0100 "Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.uk"
informed me of this:

> On 31 Jul 2016, Charlie wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:17:15 +0100 "Anthony Campbell
> > a...@acampbell.uk" informed me of this:
> >   
> > > I have a post on my blog about how to get  a large mouse  
> > cursor in  
> > > Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work
> > >   for any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD.
> > >   Please see http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/
> > > archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html  
> > 
> > I didn't think Mutt broke URL's?
> > 
> > Wrong again I suppose.
> > 
> > Be well,
> > Charlie

> My fault  - sorry about that. I thought it would make it more
>   readable. Here it is unbroken:
> 
> http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html
> 
> 
> -- 
> Anthony Campbell  http://www.acampbell.uk

No problem. Please, no apology needed, put it all together to view the
blog.

There has just been a bit of discussion on the Debian User
list about the "new" mutt and I thought there must be a bug that mutt
breaks the URL.

Obviously not, so thanks for clearing that up.

Be well,
Charlie

-- 
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man
seeks is in others. ---Confucius

***

Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed.

-

Re: Where to put the index entry?

[Richard Heck]

On 07/31/2016 12:41 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 03:54:59 -0400
> Richard Heck  wrote:
>
>> On 07/31/2016 02:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I think I asked the question wrong before. Here's all I want to
>>> know: You have an entire subsection, about carrier pigeons, and you
>>> want it to show up in the index with its headline (subsection
>>> headline) as the beginning page and its final paragraph as the
>>> ending page. You create it with Insert=>Index_entry. The text
>>> inside the inset of the beginning entry for this subsection looks
>>> like the following:
>>>
>>> Carrier pigeons|(
>>>
>>> Where am I supposed to put that inset:
>>>
>>> A) At the very beginning of the subsection heading?
>>> B) Ad the very end of the subsection heading?
>>> C) Somewhere else?
>>>
>>> If the answer is C, could you please elaborate?  
>> I don't know for sure, but I think I'd put it at the beginning of the
>> first paragraph
>> of text in the section. It can be a bad idea to put this kind of thing
>> inside moving
>> arguments, such as section headings. The point is that the content of
>> the \section
>> macro ends up getting copied to the TOC, to page headings, etc, and
>> that can
>> cause problems.
>>
>> Richard
>>
> Thanks Richard,
>
> That sounds perfectly logical. I'm a tiny bit worried that the index' 
> beginning page number could be the first word of the first paragraph of the 
> section, which happens to be at the top of the page, so the section's heading 
> isn't visible on that page. But a look throughout my book showed not one 
> single instance of a page break after a section heading but before the 
> section's first paragraph.

This should never happen.

Richard

Re: Where to put the index entry?

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 03:54:59 -0400
Richard Heck  wrote:

> On 07/31/2016 02:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I think I asked the question wrong before. Here's all I want to
> > know: You have an entire subsection, about carrier pigeons, and you
> > want it to show up in the index with its headline (subsection
> > headline) as the beginning page and its final paragraph as the
> > ending page. You create it with Insert=>Index_entry. The text
> > inside the inset of the beginning entry for this subsection looks
> > like the following:
> >
> > Carrier pigeons|(
> >
> > Where am I supposed to put that inset:
> >
> > A) At the very beginning of the subsection heading?
> > B) Ad the very end of the subsection heading?
> > C) Somewhere else?
> >
> > If the answer is C, could you please elaborate?  
> 
> I don't know for sure, but I think I'd put it at the beginning of the
> first paragraph
> of text in the section. It can be a bad idea to put this kind of thing
> inside moving
> arguments, such as section headings. The point is that the content of
> the \section
> macro ends up getting copied to the TOC, to page headings, etc, and
> that can
> cause problems.
> 
> Richard
> 

Thanks Richard,

That sounds perfectly logical. I'm a tiny bit worried that the index'
beginning page number could be the first word of the first paragraph of
the section, which happens to be at the top of the page, so the
section's heading isn't visible on that page. But a look throughout my
book showed not one single instance of a page break after a section
heading but before the section's first paragraph.

So I started putting the index entries at the beginning of the first
paragraph of the section, although I haven't gone back and "fixed" the
ones at the beginning and end of the section heading. I might do that
later.

Thanks for the advice!

SteveT

Steve Litt 
July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
 of the Successful Technologist
http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques