On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, James Cloos wrote:
"r" == rhubarbpieguy <[email protected]> writes:
r> Is it possible to replace the I-beam cursor system wide through X?
Sure. You need to change the (server-side) cursor font used by older
applications and also change the cursor theme used by most newer apps.
Google should point to decent explanations of how to do those.
You probably want to start by editing your favourite cursor theme
to use something other than a I-beam in that spot (I beleive that
cursor's name is 'xterm') and re-generate it. You may find that
to be sufficient for your needs.
man xterm (resources)
pointerMode (class PointerMode)
Specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types. It
will be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks one
of its buttons.
0 never
1 the application running in xterm has not activated mouse
mode. This is the default.
2 always.
pointerShape (class Cursor)
Specifies the name of the shape of the pointer. The default is
"xterm."
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