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Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

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debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> > Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> > > Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> wrote:  
> > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 +0000
> > > > Chris Green <cl@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.
> 
> I can believe that you need to restart the X server for some changes to
> take effect.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> TBH, if xfce4-terminal was giving me such grief, I'd simply switch to
> some other terminal program. It doesn't really matter which you use.

I suspect that most of them will share the same ancestry (VTE) so it's
difficult to escape! :-)

It's not a really **major** issue for me anyway, most of the time I
have no problems, it's just that occasionally I lose the X cursor and
thus a larger and more visible one when it's on a terminal background
would be handy.

-- 
Chris Green
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Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-11-17 17:00 +0100
  Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-11-17 18:40 +0100
    Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-11-17 19:20 +0100
      Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-11-17 19:40 +0100
        Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-11-17 21:30 +0100
          Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-18 06:40 +0100
            Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-11-18 21:20 +0100
  Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Darac Marjal <lists-debian-user@bendel.debian.org> - 2024-11-17 21:00 +0100
  Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-11-17 21:20 +0100
    Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-11-17 22:30 +0100
      Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2024-11-18 11:00 +0100
        Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2024-11-20 14:50 +0100
  Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-11-17 22:30 +0100
    Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-11-17 23:30 +0100
      Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-11-18 00:00 +0100
        Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-11-18 21:40 +0100
          Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-11-18 22:30 +0100
            Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2024-11-19 01:30 +0100
  Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-11-19 11:20 +0100
  Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com> - 2024-12-05 11:20 +0100
    Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-12-05 14:20 +0100

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