why would you use a mouse cursor for this? it seems since it would be in a static position if it goes across the whole screen, some sort of screen overlay, like XOSD or GLXOSD might be more appropriate.
Warmest Regards, Christopher P. Yarger Phone: 802-505-7574 Skype: cpyarger /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. Chris Yarger 30 Averill St #3 Barre, VT 05641 On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 6:18 AM, . . <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/18/2015 05:42 AM, Sean Dague wrote: > >> On 10/17/2015 07:59 PM, . . wrote: >> >>> I'd like to change my default X cursor from the small black arrow to a >>> crosshair. The command "xsetroot -cursor_name crosshair" works, but for >>> xterm windows only. I've tried putting the command in .xinitrc and >>> themes in .Xdefaults without success. >>> >>> What works? I simply want to see the crosshair cursor everywhere I now >>> see the small black arrow. >>> >> You probably need to build a cursor theme to be what you want - >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cursor_themes - looks like you >> could probably take one of the default ones and copy around images until >> it's to your liking. >> >> -Sean >> >> Thank you. All three responses were useful, but your link really > helped. I copied cross in /usr/share/icons/handhelds/cursors to every > *arrow image and set handhelds to the default. I now have a crosshair > where I had arrows. > > My eventual goal is to have a crosshair encompassing the full width and > height of the screen - like a draftman's crosshair. I'll need to research > the expanded version, but it's good to know the crosshair part can be > easily done. >
