On Wednesday 06 July 2016 23:13:22 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 11:13:03PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Use an opaque mouse cursor theme??? > > [...] > > > > And where can I find one of those critters, my dear lady? > > [...] > > > When you find a nice one, let me know what it is. > > Obviously somebody has created these mouse cursors, and they probably > didn't do it by typing a series of zeroes and ones into a file. Is > there a standard "cursor editor" software application? Or at least a > standard way to create a cursor theme? > > Back in Ancient Days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I used an > Apple Macintosh, there was an Apple product called "Resedit". It was a > marvel, created for the Apple developers themselves, and then passed > around to non-Apple developers. It let you open up all sorts of > applications and other binary files and edit their internal resources, > such as menu names, error message strings, icons and cursors. Apart > from the four standard Apple cursors which were baked into ROM (the > arrow, wristwatch, crosshairs and fat cross), you could edit any > cursor using a simple point-and-click interface. > > Given that the state of computing is now about 30 years more advanced > than when Resedit came out, I wonder whether there is a cursor editor > around somewhere? I found this link: > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/cursor-editor >-283532/ > > but like many tech threads, it follows the "how to make muffins" > school of thought: > > HOW TO MAKE MUFFINS > > To make muffins, you will need flour. Flour is the ground up grain > of the plants Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum or Oryza sativa. > You can purchase flour from a supermarket or grocery store in > exchange for money, which is typically made from paper or gold. > > Prepare to cook your muffins by turning your oven on and letting > it pre-heat to 380°F or 210°C. In a large bowl, mix the flour, > sugar, baking soda, salt, blueberries, eggs, oil, milk or water. Put > the mixture in the oven. > > Now you have muffins! I think I've tried to choke down a few of those. Obviously the baker needed better measuring tools, and a list of how much of each. Perhaps he could find a great-grandmother to teach him? OTOH, ignorance is fixable, but stupidity is forever. I've wondered which the baker was on several occasions. Ric Moore says it better though. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>