<to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25:33PM +0000, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color > > > > > when the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, > > > > > I'm pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > > > > > > > > > It's not the terminal cursor so I don't think the terminal can > > > > do anything aboout its colour. > > > > > > You might be correct, but right now, you're not expending the > > > fractional effort necessary to find out. > > > > > > Nobody should be willing to spend more effort on solving your > > > problem than you. > > > > That's insulting. Chris is quite right. Terminals commonly have the > > means to alter some attributes of the terminal cursor, but never > > the X cursor in my experience. > > Note that it is the terminal (or whatever application) who "tells" X > what cursor to set when moving "over" some application's window. It > is in the X11 protocol. This usually results in that "I-Beam" cursor.
I am talking about attributes of the cursor, such as colours, not about the Cursor Attribute of a Window, as discussed in your reference. Once again, I know that many terminals offer the ability to change attributes of the terminal cursor, but none that can affect the attributes (colours) of the X cursor. And my belief is that Chris shares that same understanding so his response was reasonable. The X cursor font can be set by a command line argument when starting the X server. All a window does is choose which character within that font that is used over particular regions of its window(s). It is possible to select a larger font for the X cursor. Perhaps that may be a solution for Chris? > So to decide whether it's "insulting" or Dan actually has a point, > you better read up in the reference below. > > Dan is talking about the X "cursor" (which we better call "pointer" to > avoid confusion). Nobody's talking about the term cursor. > > Cheers > > [1] > https://x.org/releases/current/doc/libX11/libX11/libX11.html#Cursor_Attribute
