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Re: Mouse locator

From Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Mouse locator
Date 2021-11-15 10:10 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 06:51:04AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
>On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:56:42 -0500
>Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
>
>> The first thing that comes to mind is always using a larger
>> pointer -- the size and shape are configurable in most systems.
>>
>> big-cursor provides even larger cursors.
>
>A red cursor also helps. Install xcursor-themes and select the redglass
>theme. On XFCE, you can adjust the pointer size. I usually set mine to
>36 points. <right click on desktop> -> Applications -> Settings ->
>Mouse & Touchpad -> Themes.

Last year I changed my mouse pointer to be huge and (coincidentally)
red: I cloned the classic Commodore Amiga Workbench 1.3-era mouse
pointer and scaled it up 8 times from the original size. It's so useful
I couldn't go back to a regular-sized pointer!

	<https://jmtd.net/log/amiga_pointer/>
	(instructions in a comment)


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Mouse locator Richard Forst <sterbl.ta@tutanota.com> - 2021-11-12 13:30 +0100
  Re: Mouse locator Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-11-12 14:20 +0100
    Re: Mouse locator Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-11-12 15:10 +0100
      Re: Mouse locator Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-11-15 10:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse locator Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-11-15 14:40 +0100
    Re: Mouse locator Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2021-11-15 16:50 +0100

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