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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 103399] different cursor shapes - block,underline,bar
From:       "J.Becker" <jamie () jamiebecker ! com>
Date:       2007-07-04 19:23:25
Message-ID: 20070704192325.28422.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From jamie jamiebecker com  2007-07-04 21:23 -------
Also, you can change the shape of the cursor when it is hovering OVER the konsole \
window fairly easily. Check out KDE-look.org for mouse cursor themes. (Change and \
install new ones by KDE Control Panel, Peripherals, Cursor Theme.) I'm using \
Grounation (highly recommended!) which changes the I-beam text cursor to a 3D \
vertical line with a shadow. If you prefer colors, Komix cursors are also brightly \
colored and highly visible. (If you are using the closed-source NVIDIA video drivers, \
the NVIDIA control panel and xorg.conf settings can turn on cursor shadows.)

These changes help make your cursor much more visible. Cursor themes are a feature of \
the underlying X architecture and you can use them in other WM's (with or without \
konsole).

So this suggestion doesn't solve the question of what shape the cursor should be when \
konsole has focus (personally, I prefer the box but I'd love to be able to make it \
bright red or something) but it does help when you've got a lot of windows on the \
screen. But thanks to Robert Knight and the KDE team, that wish has been granted in \
KDE 4. Hurray!


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