Re: Changing the X cursor

youngej@magpage.com
Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:15:43 -0500
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As the original poster I had read that in the man page,
it just didn't make sense to me.  The example in the:
  feel.cursors
file is what actually cleared it up for me.

After a year and a half of Linux I still find some man
page entries enigmas.  They are terse.  Sometimes a
little more is needed to trigger understanding.

Thanks again for the help...

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> 
> Bad user!  You didn't read the man page, carefully compiled, written, and
> edited by someone we should all emulate in selflessness: David Mihm.  The
> quote below is verbatim from the man page:
> 
> Cursor cursor_number cursor_type
>               Specifies the cursor_type for the given cursor_num
>               ber.  Vaild cursor_numbers  are  0  though  10  and
>               listed in all the shipped feel.name files. The cur
>               sor_types are listed in the
>                /usr/include/X11/cursorfont.h file.
> 
> If you look in any feel file shipped with the system, you'll see this
> list:
> 
> #  0 POSITION      - used when initially placing windows
> #  1 TITLE         - used in a window title-bar
> #  2 DEFAULT       - used in windows that don't bother to set their cursor
> #  3 SYS           - used in one of the title-bar buttons
> #  4 MOVE          - used when moving or resizing windows.
> #  5 WAIT          - used during an EXEC builtin command.
> #  6 MENU          - used in a menus.
> #  7 SELECT        - used for various builtin commands such as iconify.
> #  8 DESTROY       - used for DESTROY and DELETE built-ins.
> #  9 TOP           - used in the top side-bar of a window
> # 10 RIGHT        - used in the right side-bar of a window
> 
> And if you look in the headers file mentioned in the man page, you'll see
> something like descriptions of the appearance of the cursors.
> 
> Whether you can create your own cursors is unknown to me, but I bet
> someone here knows.
> 
> A
> 
> ----
> Andrew Sullivan | asullivan@sprint.ca (home)| sullivana@bpl.on.ca (work)
>                               * * *
> What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
>                                 --seen on a t-shirt from NPR
> 
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Steve Ettorre wrote:
> 
> > Hi-
> >
> > I am interested in changing the cursor for applications such as aterm. Can you
> > post the specific entry in the feel file that did the job for you?
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Steve
> > ___________________________
> >
> > youngej@magpage.com wrote:
> >
> > > Problem solved.  Thanks for the response.  Looks as good
> > > as it works now  ;-)
> > >
> > > This might be FAQ material.  It isn't obvious (at least it
> > > wasn't to me).  Even after I went back and reviewed all
> > > available material I only found a hint by:
> > >   cd /usr/share/afterstep
> > >   rgrep cursor.xbm *
> > >
> > > It would be a lot more obvious in the look.* files.
> > > Just a thought.
> > >
> > > Thanks again...
> > >
> > > Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This is set in the feel file (which is pretty odd, I admit, since it's
> > > > obviously related to how things look).
> > > >
> > > > ----
> > > > Andrew Sullivan | asullivan@sprint.ca (home)| sullivana@bpl.on.ca (work)
> > > >                               * * *
> > > > What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
> > > >                                 --seen on a t-shirt from NPR
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 youngej@magpage.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am running AfterStep-1.7.150-1 on RH6.0.  I installed
> > > > > it using a Freshmeat rpm.  It is working well for me.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to change the X cursor used with AfterStep.
> > > > > The default cursor is a black arrow bordered by white.
> > > > > I am interested in a cursor that looks like:
> > > > >   /usr/share/afterstep/desktop/cursors/cursor.xbm
> > > > >
> > > > > I can get the cursor to change in the background by using:
> > > > >   xsetroot -cursor ~/cursor.xbm  ~/cursor.xbm.mask
> > > > > But the cursor is changed back to the default AfterStep
> > > > > cursor when over the wharf, winlist, or most applications.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have read through much doc without finding the key to
> > > > > configure this.  In desperation I am turning to this
> > > > > mailing list.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this possible?  Regards and TIA...
> > > > >
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