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xelados

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A list and explanation of Xcursor names?

I want to make an Xcursor theme of my own, and I've figured out how to make cursors, but haven't had any luck in finding a good document that outlines all the cursor names I'll need, when the Xserver uses them, or their default icon. There are a bunch of Xcursor themes out there, so I know there's some sort of resource like that, but Google hasn't helped at all. Does anyone know where I can find such a document or chart so I can better my understanding and actually make my theme?

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thayer

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Re: A list and explanation of Xcursor names?

I agree, finding decent information is difficult at best, but there are a bunch of man pages on Xcursor that might help:

Xcursor                       XcursorGetTheme               XcursorShapeLoadCursor
XcursorCursorsCreate          XcursorImageCreate            XcursorShapeLoadCursors
XcursorCursorsDestroy         XcursorImageDestroy           XcursorShapeLoadImage
XcursorFilenameLoad           XcursorImagesCreate           XcursorShapeLoadImages
XcursorFilenameLoadAllImages  XcursorImagesDestroy          XcursorSupportsARGB
XcursorFilenameLoadCursor     XcursorLibraryLoadCursor      XcursorXcFileLoad
XcursorFilenameLoadImage      XcursorLibraryLoadCursors     XcursorXcFileLoadAllImages
XcursorFilenameLoadImages     XcursorLibraryLoadImage       XcursorXcFileLoadImage
XcursorFilenameSave           XcursorLibraryLoadImages      XcursorXcFileLoadImages
XcursorFilenameSaveImages     XcursorSetDefaultSize         XcursorXcFileSave
XcursorGetDefaultSize         XcursorSetTheme

According to a couple of them, Xcursor follows the freedesktop.org specs pretty closely:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifi … ursor-spec

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pauldonnelly

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Registered: 2006-06-19

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Re: A list and explanation of Xcursor names?

I want to make an Xcursor theme of my own, and I've figured out how to make cursors, but haven't had any luck in finding a good document that outlines all the cursor names I'll need, when the Xserver uses them, or their default icon. There are a bunch of Xcursor themes out there, so I know there's some sort of resource like that, but Google hasn't helped at all. Does anyone know where I can find such a document or chart so I can better my understanding and actually make my theme?

I think the following is a pretty-much complete list. Although some programs (Firefox, last I checked) expect cursors with odd names like 08e8e1c95fe2fc01f976f1e063a24ccd to exist. A symlink to left_ptr_watch with that name is required. If you want to see the current form for a cursor you could always run them through xsetroot -cursor_name. As for where they're used, it's generally pretty obvious, although it's also completely arbitrary and up to application programmers. And some (gumby, for example) get understandably little use.
X_cursor
arrow
based_arrow_down
based_arrow_up
boat
bogosity
bottom_left_corner
bottom_right_corner
bottom_side
bottom_tee
box_spiral
center_ptr
circle
clock
coffee_mug
cross
cross_reverse
crosshair
diamond_cross
dot
dotbox
double_arrow
draft_large
draft_small
draped_box
exchange
fleur
gobbler
gumby
hand1
hand2
heart
icon
iron_cross
left_ptr
left_side
left_tee
leftbutton
ll_angle
lr_angle
man
middlebutton
mouse
pencil
pirate
plus
question_arrow
right_ptr
right_side
right_tee
rightbutton
rtl_logo
sailboat
sb_down_arrow
sb_h_double_arrow
sb_left_arrow
sb_right_arrow
sb_up_arrow
sb_v_double_arrow
shuttle
sizing
spider
spraycan
star
target
tcross
top_left_arrow
top_left_corner
top_right_corner
top_side
top_tee
trek
ul_angle
umbrella
ur_angle
watch
xterm

xelados

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Re: A list and explanation of Xcursor names?

Thank you! That's pretty much exactly what I needed. Maybe I'll add to the wiki when my xcursor theme is done so others can more easily get/use this information.

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pauldonnelly

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Re: A list and explanation of Xcursor names?

Thank you! That's pretty much exactly what I needed. Maybe I'll add to the wiki when my xcursor theme is done so others can more easily get/use this information.

I should add a disclaimer that I have no idea where I got this information, although it is complete and accurate as far as I know.

xelados

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Re: A list and explanation of Xcursor names?

Heh. It'd be nice if the people over at Xorg would write some documentation so it'd be easier to break into the "scene". What you provided was more than helpful, though.

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