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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: cursors vs. fonts
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Date: 26 Oct 88 23:21:00 GMT
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    Date: 26 Oct 88 13:02:59 GMT
    From: att!cbnews!djb@bloom-beacon.mit.edu  (David J. Bryant)

    it strikes me as curious that X11
    treats cursors and fonts so differently.

Most cursors *come* from font glyphs.

    I can only use those cursors that existed at compile time.

This is not a restriction at the protocol level, nor is it a restriction
at the Xlib level.  And, with proper converters, it isn't a restriction
at the widget level either.

    each cursor is in a separate "font" file in some subdirectory

Take a look at cursor.bdf sometime.