From: Gary Johnson <lambdatronic@disroot.org>
To: alex@soeven.de
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: X11 cursor size
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:45:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r12j47vo.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k08d5tul.fsf@soeven.de>
alex@soeven.de writes:
> I tried this already an the effect is, that the default pointer (in X11
> outside of any window) changes from a cross to a left_ptr but the size does
> not change. If I understand correctly, I need to have type1 fonts for
> that which I included in my config by adding `font-xfree86-type1` to my
> systems package list (but the corresponding path doesn't show up in the
> X11-fontpath).
>
> Also I'm wondering how to set the cursor size because by just executing
> `xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr` I set the cursor shape/type but how do
> I specify the size? Recepies from the net suggest to do this via a
> `fonts.alias` but that doesn't seem to have an effect either.
Hi Alex,
In my last message, I suggested that you should read the man page for
xsetroot, as it provides several options for changing your cursor
settings in X. The example I gave was just of the way that I use it.
If you want to use xsetroot to increase your cursor size, try adding
this line to your ~/.xsession file:
xsetroot -xcf /run/current-system/profile/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/left_ptr 32
For this Xcursor file to be available, you'll need to make sure that you
have installed the following package into your system profile.
- adwaita-icon-theme
If you would prefer a different cursor than the left_ptr, feel free to
pick any file in the `cursors` directory.
Have fun and happy hacking!
Gary
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-17 23:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-15 10:46 X11 cursor size alex
2022-07-15 12:08 ` alex
2022-07-15 22:13 ` Gary Johnson
2022-07-16 8:18 ` Alexander Asteroth
2022-07-16 8:44 ` alex
2022-07-17 23:45 ` Gary Johnson [this message]
2022-07-18 5:46 ` alex
2022-07-18 13:21 ` Gary Johnson
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