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From: Andrew Devenish-Meares <adevenis@turing.une.edu.au>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: making xwindows cursor extra large
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:00:23 +1000 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.980626115549.4361B-100000@euclid.une.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980625145915.13902A-100000@shell.aros.net>

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, David Robinson wrote:

> Can someone tell me how to make the xwindow's cursor extra large.  I'm
> legelly blind and still have some sight left.  I've looked every where
> in xwindows.  Thanks.

I used to do this:

Get an .xbm graphic made of the cursor at a usable size, and also a 
corresponding mask for the transparent bits of the cursor - black becomes 
transparent and white is solid if I recall correctly, I might be wrong. (I 
got a friend to do this for me.)  Then I added to my .xsession:

xsetroot -cursor .cursor.xbm .cursormsk.xbm

where .cursor.xbm was the image of the cursor and .cursormsk.xbm is the 
mask.  If you want I can mail you these to files for you to try with if 
you like.

This worked on our DEC Station X terms at UNE, which are MIPS bassed 
running Ultrix.

-- 
Andrew 'ADM' Devenish-Meares			    adevenis@turing.une.edu.au
http://mcs.une.edu.au/~adevenis/		    adevenis@suburbia.com.au
Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Yes, I am!


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