FVWM: Re: lefty cursors

From: Mark Borges <mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov>
Date: 05 Mar 1997 14:24:17 -0700

>> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:05:33 -0500 (EST),
>> Xris Laas(XL) wrote:
XL> On 4 Mar, Mark Borges wrote:
>> is there a simple way (in fvwm-2.0.45) to change the pointer cursor to
>> have a SW-NE orientation instead of SE-NW?
>>
>> i was recently advised to switch the mouse to my left hand, and i find
>> it a bit awkward to use the default cursor orientation.

XL> Scr.FvwmCursors[DEFAULT] = XCreateFontCursor(dpy, XC_top_left_arrow);

XL> to:

XL> Scr.FvwmCursors[DEFAULT] = XCreateFontCursor(dpy, XC_arrow);

XL> I'll see if I can whip up a patch for a configuration option for
XL> cursors. It should be pretty simple.

Hmm, before you do read the attached note from Tom Julien. The
feature might already exist, though I haven't tried it yet and I could
find no documentation for the Cursor keyword.


attached mail follows:



dwood_at_spdmail.spd.dsccc.com (R. H. Wood) writes:

>Mark Borges recently said:
>>
>> is there a simple way (in fvwm-2.0.45) to change the pointer cursor to
>> have a SW-NE orientation instead of SE-NW?
>>
>> i was recently advised to switch the mouse to my left hand, and i find
>> it a bit awkward to use the default cursor orientation.
>>
>
>Same here. I hadn't noticed it 'til you mentioned it, but now
>it bothers me too! I'd sure use such a feature! Does it exist?

I'm not sure I understand the above exactly, but you can set
the cursor for the root window to be any cursor listed in
X11/cursorfont.h (drop the XC_ prefix) or an xbm image with
xsetroot. For example, if you wanted an arrow with a SW-NE
orientation, you could add the following to your .xinitrc:

        xsetroot -cursor_name arrow

You can also do this for the different window cursors that
are used with fvwm via the Cursor command in your .fvwmrc.
For example,

        Cursor 6 2

will give you a SW-NE arrow for the cursor used in the menus.

Hope this helps.


tomj
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Received on Wed Mar 05 1997 - 15:25:06 GMT

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