Interesting read: http://www.jurta.org/en/prog/noblink
Doesn't exactly remove the cursor, just stops it from blinking. He does talk about disabling at your window manager level, but not as low level as going down to X. He brings up Gnome and KDE. Maybe a way to get you started at least. Regards, -- There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who do not. --- David McClellan On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:24 PM, . . <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to replace the I-beam cursor system wide through X or > Wayland (trying to think ahead here)? > > In explanation, years ago I suggested, to deafening silence, that Open > Office offer a block/blinking block or underscore/blinking underscore > cursor. However, I'd prefer no I-beam cursor in any application (browser, > spreadsheet, email ... you name it). If I understand correctly, X displays > what the application directs. Would it be possible to amend X to display a > different cursor anytime it's directed by the application to display the > I-beam? >
