Pointer Scheme

[Willis]

niel wrote:
> 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?
>
>   
I'm sorry that you took offense because of my incorrect syntax. the h is 
lower case in the home directory and the problem is still the same.