On 2021-07-09 16:29:27 dep via tde-users wrote: > said Edward: > | I found an article which indicates it can be done on Ubuntu. If it can > | be done with that, then I would think it could be done with any Linux > | distro. > | https://dipinkrishna.com/blog/2009/09/create-custom-mouse-cursourspointe > |rs-for-your-ubuntu/ > > Thanks. The problem, though, isn't making cursors -- you can do that easily > in any distribution or modify existing ones. The problem is creating > reverse transparency, such that, say, you're pointing in a document to > black text on a white background, and with such a pointer it would be > white text on a black background. Thus, the pointer would be very visible > without blocking anything. I can make one that's transparent, but that > would be invisible. So it needs to be inverted. The article doesn't get > into that. I'm not even sure it can be done under X. > -- > dep I think you're right. I see many discussions of making reverse-video cursors for use in terminal(-emulator)s, but none for X cursors. Leslie -- Operating System: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.0.10 tde-config: 1.0 ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
