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Posted: Feb. 12 2006,19:06 QUOTE

Hi,

I modified my DSL a lot, but one thing is missing;
a new CURSOR THEME in Fluxbox.

How can I create my own cursor theme?
What filetype must the images be?
Where are the standard ones located?

I'd be happy over fast answers :)
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Posted: Feb. 12 2006,21:42 QUOTE

The default X server in DSL uses the old bitmap cursor format, which is basically an X font.  I've played around a little with cursors in DSL, and the best I've come up with so far is this:
1) Download a bitmap cursor file.  There seem to be very few of them available these days, but there is a funky one in the artwiz fonts myDSL package you could try.
2) Use the command "xset +fp /path/to/font/dir" to add the path to the front of your font path.
3) Use the command "xsetroot -cursor_name <name>" to choose a particular cursor from the cursor file.  Here's a little thing about the various cursor names:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....27;st=6

If you're looking to use one of the newer cursor themes, such as what you'd find in KDE or Gnome, you might need to install XFree86 or Xorg....i couldn't say for sure, though.


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Posted: Feb. 13 2006,09:15 QUOTE

Thanks a lot :)  :D !

By the way, do you know the directory, where the standard-cursors are located. (so I could modify them!)
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Posted: Feb. 13 2006,16:31 QUOTE

I think it's in one of the font directories (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/, or something similar...i'm not in DSL at the moment to verify).  It's most likely named "cursor.pcf" or just "cursor".

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