Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 +0000 > > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually change the > > > I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other sets of cursor themes > > > and they don't change the I-Beam at all, they just change all the > > > other ones. > > > > Yes. I get a nice big red cursor for most of my windows, except > > xfce4-terminal windows. But it's big and stands out nicely there. > > > But the one thing I want to change is the X cursor in xfce4-terminal! > > > > Here's what I do: > > > > apt install xcursor-themes galternatives > > > > Then use galternatives to update x-cursor-theme to point to > > redglass.theme. Then "xfce4-mouse-settings &" or settings-> mouse and > > touchpad-> theme to invoke redglass and set the cursor size to > > something large like 36. > > > Yes, works exactly as you say, big red cursors everywhere **except** > for the I-Beam cursor when crossing terminal windows. As that's the > only thing I want to do the above change doesn't help me much! :-) > Not quite true! Although most of the cursor changes when you change cursor theme are immediate some changes don't happen unless you log out and then back in. There are even some changes that survive that and you actually have to power cycle the system to get the changes to be effective. In particular the appearance of the I-Beam cursor on terminal windows doesn't change unless you log out and back in.
Thus I have managed to improve the visibility of the mouse cursor on terminal windows by changing to the DMZ (White) theme and increasing the cursor size a bit. It's still far from perfect, I'd really like a different shape for the pointer in this particular case but it's better. Thanks for all the help everyone and sorry if I got a bit grumpy at times. -- Chris Green ยท
