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From: bkm@wintermute.Eng.Sun.COM (Bruce Martin Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: OpenWindows:  How does it work?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 01:20:01 GMT
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In article <9102060028.AA04676@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>, mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU writes:

|> 
|> Does this imply that the X side of X11/NeWS is limited to 16x16
|> cursors?
|> 

Nope, large cursors are just fine.  There just had to be some
reasonable compromise on the width of the border.


|> And in passing, why white?  Shouldn't it be user-selectable?  (A
|> 16-pixel border of white would be quite glaring on my screen, which is
|> always white-on-black.)

Agreed, it should be (but isn't).  It is quite annoying if you use low
intensity colors on your screen.

				...bruce

Bruce Martin Jr.			Email: bkm@Eng.Sun.Com
Window Systems Group			Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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