Re: how to change mouse pointer color

[qajaqbob@gmail.com]

I have the same problem.  Standard emacs methods of changing the mouse
pointer color have no effect.

I think it's a problem specific to running emacs under X11, displaying
to a Mac X11 server.  Not sure why though.

My current workaround is to change the emacs background color to
"lightblue1".  It's enough contrast to make the yellow pointer show
up, but light enough otherwise.

emacs --background-color=lightblue1





On Mar 15, 3:20 am, "George Nurser" <gnur...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I am using  v22.0.90.2 of emacs on a linux host, viewed on a Mac
> through X11. It is giving me a yellow mouse pointer
> [hand/arrow/ibeam]. As I use a white background this is not working
> well.
>
> I tried adding
> (set-mouse-color "black")
> to my .emacs, both at the end and beginning but it seems to have no effect.
>
> How do I change its color?
>
> George Nurser.