From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: mouse pointer size Date: 25 Jun 2005 14:31:17 +1000 Message-ID: <87psub9hwq.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <240620051726182291%bland@uNIVOFmich.edu.REMOVE.UPPER.CASE> Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119673730 28615 80.91.229.2 (25 Jun 2005 04:28:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:28:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 25 06:28:49 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dm2HK-0005JH-Tn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:28:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dm2OV-0000pq-3O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:35:51 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1-192.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1119673878 59.167.1.192 (25 Jun 2005 14:01:18 +0950) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling.newsfeeds.com!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!quokka.wn.com.au!news.adelaide.pipenetworks.com!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:132172 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:27647 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27647 Peyton Bland writes: > Hi, > > I/m running emacs 21.3.1 under RH linux. I'd like to reduce the size > of the mouse pointer image. Just to be sure that I'm using the right > term, by this I mean the image (or glyph?) that is displayed on the > screen when the mouse is moved over different parts of the emacs frame: > an arrow pointing to the 11:00 position when over a scroll bar, a > vertical bar with curly things at the top and bottom when over the text > window that I'm editing, a hand with extended index finger when over > the speedbar, etc., etc. As it is, these shapes are twice the > character height -- way too big -- so I'd like to reduce them to half > their height. I've looked at the docs on > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp-manual but couldn't see how to > make the changes I want. There was a mention of lisp/term/x-win.el > (our distro has the compiled version x-win.elc), but -- again -- I > don't know what to do with it. I'd appreciate any advice on this. > > Thanks, > Peyton Bland > Univ. of Michigan I think you may be looking in the wrong place. The mouse cursor size etc is handled by X windows, not emacs. If you look at the Linux HOWTOS, there is a mini HOWTO called something like big-cursor, which explains how to make the cursor larger - perhaps this will give you enough info on how to go in the other idrection. Also, if your running under Gnome, you will find there is an option in the Gnome control panel to change the size of the cursor. Check this first if you are running gnome as you will be able to reduce the mouse cursor with just a few clicks! Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!