Making X cursors?

[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> <hotspot-x> <hotspot-y> <file>

<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.