Lila x11 mouse theme

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count_zero · Post by **count_zero** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:57 pm

I've created an x11 mouse theme that complements the popular Lila theme nicely. It's still got a few bugs, but let me know how you like it and if you have any problems with it. Instructions are included in the README.

Screenshot: http://countzero.freeprohost.com/files/ ... rs-0.2.png
Download: http://countzero.freeprohost.com/files/ ... .2.tar.bz2

Mirror (thanks to codergeek42):
Screenshot: http://www.ramshacklestudios.com/random ... rs-0.2.png
Download: http://www.ramshacklestudios.com/random ... .2.tar.bz2

codergeek42 · Post by **codergeek42** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:36 pm

Mirrored: screenshot and tarball

Good work. I like it.

--EDIT--
Complete n00bness: How do I install/use this?

Thanks.

count_zero · Post by **count_zero** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:19 am

codergeek42 wrote:Mirrored: screenshot and tarball

Good work. I like it.

--EDIT--
Complete n00bness: How do I install/use this? Thanks.

Thanks for the mirror!
Check out the README in the tarball--it's pretty explanatory. Here's a quick recap, though:
1) make a ~/.icons folder
2) make a ~/.icons/default/ and ~/.icons/lila-cursors/ folders
3) put the index.theme file from the tarball in the ~/.icons/default folder
4) put the cursors/ directory from the tarball in the lila-cursors/ folder.
5) make sure that nothing else is in either your default/ or lila-cursors/ folders (it causes my kde kicker to crash, for some reason...)
6) restart x and enjoy!

mayday147 · Post by **mayday147** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:38 am

Theese are very nice. Thanks count_zero

codergeek42 · Post by **codergeek42** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:32 am

Very excellent. Thanks again, count_zero.

NiBe · Post by **NiBe** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:20 am

Something that really ought to be fixed is to set the active pixel (or whatever it's called) to the very tip of the cursors. As it is, it's about 5 pixels down, 5 pixels right from where it should be.
This applies to pretty much all of the cursor-icons. This is quite annoying when performing tasks where precision is required.

Going back to default cursor in the mean while.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:24 am

These are really nice.

One problem I notice with cursors (this is under gnome+metacity) is that the resize cursors do not work. When I resize windows it uses the default x11 cursor instead of the theme. I think this is the same with any theme. I also noticed if the lila-cursors directory contained all that other stuff (not just a cursors directory), then metacity would crash ONLY when I tried to resize a window. Any ideas? Again, I don't think it is this theme, I think it is a metacity problem.

EDIT: Well, all of the blue cursor theme works so it must be something to do with the theme its self.

count_zero · Post by **count_zero** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:19 am

Something that really ought to be fixed is to set the active pixel (or whatever it's called) to the very tip of the cursors. As it is, it's about 5 pixels down, 5 pixels right from where it should be.
This applies to pretty much all of the cursor-icons. This is quite annoying when performing tasks where precision is required.

Going back to default cursor in the mean while.

The next version will fix this problem (soon).

One problem I notice with cursors (this is under gnome+metacity) is that the resize cursors do not work. When I resize windows it uses the default x11 cursor instead of the theme. I think this is the same with any theme. I also noticed if the lila-cursors directory contained all that other stuff (not just a cursors directory), then metacity would crash ONLY when I tried to resize a window. Any ideas? Again, I don't think it is this theme, I think it is a metacity proble

I've noticed the resizing issue, as well. I'll look into it. As for the crashing, theming cursors in x seems to be rather unstable. Some themes work well, others don't. I've also found that by simply renaming the theme that you get different results (i.e., changing the name of the theme directory, as well as in the index.theme file). Try changing the name to lilacursors instead of lila-cursors.