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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Changing X default cursor
Message-ID: <8809161409.AA02487@LYRE.MIT.EDU>
Date: 16 Sep 88 14:09:10 GMT
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Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU
Organization: DEC/MIT Project Athena
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Changing the default cursorfont is NOT the way to do it.  If your
favorite cursor is in a bitmap(1) file, you can use xsetroot -cursor
to change it.  Otherwise, you can adapt the following to your needs:

#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/cursorfont.h>

main()
{
    Display *dpy = XOpenDisplay("");
    unsigned long mask = CWCursor;
    XSetWindowAttributes attr;
    attr.cursor = XCreateFontCursor(dpy, XC_hand2);
    XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), mask, &attr);
    XCloseDisplay(dpy);
}