* making xwindows cursor extra large
@ David Robinson
` Andrew Devenish-Meares
` L. C. Robinson
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From: David Robinson @ UTC (permalink / raw)
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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.
David Robinson
guidedog@aros.net
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* Re: making xwindows cursor extra large
making xwindows cursor extra large David Robinson
@ ` Andrew Devenish-Meares
` L. C. Robinson
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From: Andrew Devenish-Meares @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: blinux-list
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
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Pinky: Yes, I am!
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* Re: making xwindows cursor extra large
making xwindows cursor extra large David Robinson
` Andrew Devenish-Meares
@ ` L. C. Robinson
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From: L. C. Robinson @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: blinux-list
There is a HOWTO that can help with this. On RedHat systems
you can find it in /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/X-Big-Cursor.gz, or
look on one of the Linux web or archive sites for it.
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.
--
L. C. Robinson
reply to infynity@cyberhighway.net (a family account)
People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and
instability instead: then they get to buy upgrades to fix it, and get
still more problems. This is award winning "innovation".
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