Pointer Scheme

[niel]

On Tuesday 04 December 2007 06.27.40 Willis wrote:
> Caleb Marcus wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 22:28 -0600, Willis wrote:
> >> Caleb Marcus wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 19:11 -0600, Willis wrote:
> >> >> For Gutsy, is there an alternative to the standard pointer theme? 
> >> >> And if so and it is not accessible by one of the graphical down
> >> >> loaders, how to install it, please.
> >> >
> >> > You can get them at http://gnome-look.org (look under X11 mouse
> >> > pointers.) You put them in your ~/.icons directory, which you can get
> >> > to by opening your home folder and going to View>Show Hidden Files.
> >> > Then, you'll be able to see and select them in
> >> > System>Preferences>Mouse
> >>
> >> Oh yes, thank you for taking a stab at it.
> >
> > You need to extract the contents of the archive before you put it in
> > ~/.icons
>
> Al right, I downloaded Faber basic and placed it in the Home/.icon
> directory.  Now, in addition to the other fifty or so I see Faber Basic,
> however, at the Mouse Preferences they are still not there but Faber
> Basic does appear in the Cursor Theme Graphical interface but it still
> cannot be applied.
>
> Bill Taylor
> Killer Spade 806
> CE 1969

~/.icons is /home/user/.icons - nothing is called Home/.icon in this  context?