On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 05:17:14 pm Thomas Dickey did opine: > 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."
That it is, but where is the list and description of the other options so that we can make considered choices? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) System restarting, wait... _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
