cursor setting question

Little Girl littlergirl at gmail.com
Sat Dec 2 22:53:09 UTC 2023


Hey there,

Jay Ridgley wrote:

>For YEARS I have wanted to have my cursor be a right_ptr! I am right 
>handed but use my mouse with my lefthand(long story)...
>
>Would the referenced xsetroot command allow me to do this:
>
>xsetroot -cursor_name right_ptr (substituting right vs left as
>indicated)

Yes, it looks like you can:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8688406/how-can-i-make-xcursor-themes-lefty/8693385#8693385

And to make it persist through log-ins or reboots, you can add the
command to your .xinitrc file.

-- 
Little Girl

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