FVWM: Re: lefty cursors

From: Mark Borges <mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov>
Date: 05 Mar 1997 17:59:29 -0700

>> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:47:43 -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> OK, I started a lot of discussion here, but I figure the end issue is
XL> changing the Fvwm cursors.

Yes. And for me, the end result is worth it.

XL> I just wrote a patch that adds simple cursor configurability to fvwm
XL> with a CursorConfig command. The patch is against 2.0.43, so it
XL> may be slightly outdated, but it should probably patch fine.

Unfortunately, it doesn't apply cleanly to 2.0.45; apparently there
was some code reorganization, and 3 out of 4 hunks failed. But it was
fairly trivial to hand apply, and I updated the patch to 2.0.45
(attached). It applies to vanilla fvwm-2.0.45 using `patch
-p1'. Sorry, I didn't add any documentation, either, though.

XL> Side note to Chuck: could you add this, or something similar, to the
XL> distribution? BTW, I wrote it before I got your message with the

I vote for this too, in some form.

Thanks again Chris/Xris!

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  -mb-


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Received on Wed Mar 05 1997 - 18:59:49 GMT

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