https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478290

--- Comment #8 from fanzhuyi...@gmail.com ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Indeed. :) What we need to do is move to vector cursors which scale up
> nicely, but this would entail breaking compatibility with xcursor themes (of
> which there are *many*), which are raster images and therefore look
> pixelated or blurry when blown up like this. It would be nice, but breaking
> the existing spec would mean no more cursor customizations until a new
> vector-based spec was created and the entire universe of cursor theme
> artists ported their themes it (which would probably be never, until and
> unless everyone else moved to the new spec too).
> 
> It's unfortunately an example of how allowing customization and theming can
> actually hold back progress.

What if there is some easy tool that converts xcursor themes to SVGs? That
seems feasible based on the wikipedia page, "Image tracing".

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