X11 cursors

[Ryan Hanson]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net> wrote:

> I know GIMP can open and edit and save the "xmc" or X11 cursor files.
>
> Which are typically 24x24 pixel RGB-alpha transparent 1 layer graphics.
>
> Animated one are layered with a 40ms wait time.
>
> Larger ones are 32x32 pixels, 48x48 pixels, 64x64 pixels... etc.
>
> I'm sure there are other programs that can do it. Its a well known
> format.
>
> For Example on Debian SID, with Comix Cursors in stalled, here is one:
>
> /usr/share/icons/ComixCursors-Black-Large/
>
> There is an index file "index.theme" which contains:
>
> [Icon Theme]
> Name = Comix Cursor original Black Large Bold
> Comment = The original Comix Cursors - Black Large Bold
> Example = default
>
> /usr/share/icons/ComixCursors-Black-Large/cursors
>
> There are a lot of files.
>
> Files like:
>
> "d9ce0ab605698f320427677b458ad60b" which is a symlink to "help"
>
> "help" is a 48x48 XMC file
>
> Those are cursor classes as specified by the display systems specs
> (Xorg? or freedesktop? or other?).
>
> If you search for that specific character string, you'll find lots of
> hits for "cursor" themes for various projects and distributions.
>
> Its not hard to do cursor themes, you just need to know what you are
> doing and what is required... me personally, I'm not invested enough to
> actually go find the specifying entity for the things that are
> required...
>
> This should help you on your way, though.
>
>
> (BTW, Jannis Pohlmann, is this helpful and wordy enough?)
>
> On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 17:24 +0200, hha4491 wrote:
> > Hi,
> > does anyone know a program to view/edit X11 cursor files?
>
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Thanks Greg. I will look in to it.
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