#1 2015-11-13 08:51:46

KrunchTime

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Discovered Nice Cursor Set

I installed BunsenLabs via a Debian Net Install in a VMware VM yesterday.  I've been a fan of, and used, crystalcursors since 2012.  However, there are only 4 color choices to select from.  I decided to fire up synaptic to see what else might be available and I discovered Oxygen Cursors (oxygencursors in the repo).  I'm smitten.  My favorite color right now is Oxygen Red Argentina.  The color really stands out among(st) the dark theme of Bunsen Labs.  You can see all of the available colors here.

Now I need to learn how to install the papirus icons brontosaurusrex showed off here.

Edit:  See here for how-to on installing the papirus icon theme set.

Last edited by KrunchTime (2015-11-18 09:38:48)

Temetka

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

Those are nice cursors.

Silly Q: Will they work in openbox?

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pvsage

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

^ They're made for KDE, but should work just fine in any DE or WM.

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Panda

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

@KrunchTime,

Thanks, I was looking for a cursor set and this works perfectly.

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

Thanks KrunchTime!

I found some nice ones:

empty@jessie ~ % xsetroot -cursor_name
completing cursor name
arrow                gobbler              sb_down_arrow      
based_arrow_down     gumby                sb_h_double_arrow  
based_arrow_up       hand1                sb_left_arrow      
boat                 hand2                sb_right_arrow     
bogosity             heart                sb_up_arrow        
bottom_left_corner   icon                 sb_v_double_arrow  
bottom_right_corner  iron_cross           shuttle            
bottom_side          leftbutton           sizing             
bottom_tee           left_ptr             spider             
box_spiral           left_side            spraycan           
center_ptr           left_tee             star               
circle               ll_angle             target             
clock                lr_angle             tcross             
coffee_mug           man                  top_left_arrow     
cross                middlebutton         top_left_corner    
crosshair            mouse                top_right_corner   
cross_reverse        pencil               top_side           
diamond_cross        pirate               top_tee            
dot                  plus                 trek               
dotbox               question_arrow       ul_angle           
double_arrow         rightbutton          umbrella           
draft_large          right_ptr            ur_angle           
draft_small          right_side           watch              
draped_box           right_tee            X_cursor           
exchange             rtl_logo             xterm              
fleur                sailboat

They get reset by GTK applications though

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ohnonot

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

HoaS, can't the oxygen cursors be used like any other (installed) icon theme?
i know that manually installing can be tricky, but surely xsetroot isn't necessary for that?
fwiw, i have the cursor defined both through lxappearance and ~/.Xresources:

! cursor theme globally!!!
! ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1974227
Xcursor.theme: Polar-Blue

and the Polar cursors have been my favorites for ages.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

HoaS, can't the oxygen cursors be used like any other (installed) icon theme?
i know that manually installing can be tricky, but surely xsetroot isn't necessary for that?

xsetroot(1) sets the cursor for the root window only so any application that sets or honours a GTK theme will use whatever is defined in ~/.gtkrc-2.0

The cursors listed by the tab-completion in my post above are those supplied with the Xorg package.

I use this:

# ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine
gtk-cursor-theme="crosshair"

for that Quake feel

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

@Head_on_a_Stick:  Aren't those "cursor names" the individual cursors within a theme?

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

@Head_on_a_Stick:  Aren't those "cursor names" the individual cursors within a theme?

Could be. I'm not sure TBH.

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

@Head_on_a_Stick:  Aren't those "cursor names" the individual cursors within a theme?

Could be. I'm not sure TBH.

They are: https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/appendix/b/

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KrunchTime

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

@Temetka:  Yes

@Panda:  You're welcome.

Snap

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Re: Discovered Nice Cursor Set

I've used oxygen cursors everywhere since I switched to Linux (Yes, I started on KDE) but used them in GTK-land too. Now I've switched to comix. They're in the repos.

EDIT: the transparent version only, BTW.

Last edited by Snap (2015-11-18 12:27:18)