commodore

I have done graphic design for some time and I'd like to make cursors for X, but I can't find any tutorials. Can someone help, please?

commodore

If noone knows how to do these, how are they done?

commodore

Do I have to use Xcursorgen?

commodore

OMG there's absolutely noone who knows how to do it??

Game master pro

I'm sure there is someone, but they have just not come by this thread as of yet

jesuswaffle

Yes, you need to use xcursorgen. To do so, you need a config file. For a simple, non-animated cursor, it just needs to look like this:
<size> must the size of the cursor image, in pixels; for instance, a 10x10 image should have a value of 100. <hotspot-x> and <hotspot-y> should be the coordinates of the location where the cursor responds to clicks. <file> should be a PNG image containing the cursor image.

To generate the cursor, just run xcursorgen <config-file> <output-file>. The generated cursor will be stored in <output-file>.

For info on creating animated cursors, see the xcursorgen manpage.