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mikshaw

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Posted: Sep. 03 2005,14:37

Haven't tried to see if this works in DSL, but you might try something like this:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5" (or just 3 2 1 or 2 1, depending on how many buttons you have)

EDIT: fixed the order for proper use of mousewheel.

Add the command to $HOME/.xinitrc to set it automatically when X starts.

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Posted: Sep. 03 2005,16:39

Works, thanks. Now I will work on getting my kezboard right.

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Posted: Sep. 03 2005,18:48

Quote (mikshaw @ Sep. 01 2005,20:25)

That's because that extension suggests using xset to add the fonts =o)

True, xset is used but the artwiz extension also contains the files which define the shape of the mouse cursors so its worth using it as an example to learn from.

Now that I'm thinking about this my mouse cursors changed even without using xset, I think I simply copied the font definition files into their folder (can't recall now where exactly) and I had to run a file which registered the fonts. Of course xset could be called somewhere... This was all within XFree86. Sorry for the gaps, I've done this long ago.

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Posted: Sep. 03 2005,18:55

nice...I put that extension together and never noticed there was a cursor in the package =o)
Always though it was some oddity in the X server.

Well i guess you found an answer, thanks. I'll do some experiments and see what I can come up with for a possible myDSL package of cursors.

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mikshaw

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Posted: Sep. 04 2005,02:28

I haven't found much in the way of cursors in pcf format so far, and haven't learned what it takes to build them yet, but the few that i did find work just fine in DSL....just needs a fonts.dir file included in the directory:

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filename.pcf cursor

use the command xset +fp /path/to/directory in .xinitrc and it should load the cursor.

The number at the top of the fonts.dir file tells how many fonts are in the directory.

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