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The definable-cursor feature allows user-definable mouse cursors; the
cursors can either be the built-in ones from the X11 cursor font, or
they can be bitmap (XBM) files. User-definable cursors can be useful
for theme-builders, lefthanders, and the visually impaired.
Defining Your Own Cursors
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A cursor specification takes one of the following forms in the
~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker file:
(none)
(builtin, <cursor-name>)
(bitmap, <bitmap-filename>, <mask-filename>)
They have the following meanings:
none The cursor is inherited from the parent window (often,
this means the root window).
builtin Use the cursor named <cursor-name> from X11's set of
built-in cursors. The names are the same as you use
with 'xsetroot -cursor_name'. See the xsetroot(1) man
page for more information.
bitmap Use the bitmap in <bitmap-filename> as the foreground
cursor bitmap, and the one in <mask-filename> as the
background (mask) bitmap. This is pretty much the same
as 'xsetroot -cursor', except that Window Maker searches
for the bitmaps along its PixmapPath.
You can set the following cursor types (they're shown here with their
defaults):
NormalCursor = (builtin, left_ptr);
ArrowCursor = (builtin, top_left_arrow);
MoveCursor = (builtin, fleur);
TopLeftResizeCursor = (builtin, top_left_corner);
TopRightResizeCursor = (builtin, top_right_corner);
BottomLeftResizeCursor = (builtin, bottom_left_corner);
BottomRightResizeCursor = (builtin, bottom_right_corner);
VerticalResizeCursor = (builtin, sb_v_double_arrow);
HorizontalResizeCursor = (builtin, sb_h_double_arrow);
WaitCursor = (builtin, watch);
QuestionCursor = (builtin, question_arrow);
TextCursor = (builtin, xterm);
SelectCursor = (builtin, cross);
The following cursor types are allowed, but they're deprecated (Window
Maker used them in the past, but doesn't use them anymore):
ResizeCursor = (builtin, sizing);
Using Cursors with 'getstyle' and 'setstyle'
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The 'getstyle' and 'setstyle' style/theme-management utilities can
handle user-definable cursors. By default, 'getstyle' ignores cursor
definitions; using 'getstyle -t' to get theme-related settings will
also include any cursors you've defined in the resulting stylefile.
However, by default, 'setstyle' does NOT ignore cursor settings. If
you wish to set a style or theme without installing cursor settings,
you can use 'setstyle --no-cursors' to ignore the cursor definitions.
Random Notes
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Most X11 cursors are 16x16 bitmaps. Many X servers can actually handle
larger cursors, though. To check, use:
xdpyinfo
and in the resulting output look for a line such as:
largest cursor: 64x64
The example above indicates that my X server can handle cursors up to
64 pixels wide by 64 pixels high.
You can create your own bitmap cursors using the 'bitmap' program that
accompanies most X11 distributions. For example bitmap cursors and
masks, see <http://www.pobox.com/~jmknoble/WindowMaker/cursors/>.
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