On Thursday 07 July 2016 15:51:36 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Hi Gene! > > Am Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2016 schrieb Gene Heskett: > > On Thursday 07 July 2016 08:14:36 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Am Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2016 schrieb Steven D'Aprano: > > > > 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? > > > > > > You can use GIMP to modify/create Xcursor files. Install > > > adwaita-icon-theme, go to /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors and > > > modify the images: > > > > > > # cd /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors > > > # for i in *; do mv $i $i.xmc > > > # chown <user>:<user> * > > > > > > $ gimp /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/*.xmc > > > > > > # cd /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors > > > # for i in *.xmc; do mv $i ${i%.xmc} > > > > > > You'll see in gimp that each icon has 3 resolutions: 48px, 32px > > > and 24px. > > > > > > BTW, is there a way to change the default xcursor size from within > > > TDE? I have to put #Xcursor.size: 48 > > > Xcursor.size: 32 > > > in ~/.Xresources to get anything bigger than 24x24 pixel. > > > > > > Nik > > > > And another of your messages marked as "important" so it doesn't > > get expired, thanks Nik. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I feel honored :-) > You've been most helpful, Nik, and I appreciate your patience with me and my ancient wet ram. > But maybe I should also mention that the gnomes of GNOME ignore the > Xresources and you'll need "dconf-editor" to get that working: > "dconf-editor", select "search" from the menu (which is at the top of > the window), then a new search field will appear (at the bottom of the > window, sure) where you should type "cursor-size". Change it to > 24/32/48, whatever you like. > > I suspect Redhat has a special taskforce to find most creative ways to > break KISS. I am sure of it. > Nik Just one of the reasons I bailed on Fedora. I didn't mind having the bug of the day if it was promptly fixed, but 20 of them, only 7 of which ever got fixed, broke this camels back. About that time, LinuxCNC bailed for Hardy, and I followed suit shortly. I found that I had maybe 5% of the troubles, which is a very welcome breath of fresh air. I am not afraid to update 30 files every 4th day. Generally it Just Works(TM). 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>