yes, so on the apple system i'm using rxvt to speed things up. i tried dumping your CursorStyle stuff into my .fvwmrc file, and nothing happened upon restarting fvwm. what am i messing up?
David Albers Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.santafe.edu/~albers Telephone: (608)-265-8283 Cell: (608)-469-3047 ``I don't give a dam for a man who can only spell a word one way'' -Mark Twain On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > wrote David Albers thusly... > > > > ... on the lap top my mouse appears black. this is no good as > > most of the backgrounds for my shells, emacs, etc, are black. > > i can't figure out how to change the color of my mouse/pointer in > > my .fvwm file. > > See "CursorStyle" in fvwm(1). > > BTW, if you use a shell in genuine xterm(1), then you can change > cursor colors/shape in Xresources... > > XTerm.VT100*foreground: rgb:af/af/a0 > XTerm.VT100*background: rgb:12/00/20 > XTerm.VT100*cursorColor: darkorange1 > XTerm.VT100*pointerColor: rgb:00/00/00 > XTerm.VT100*pointerColorBackground: rgb:b0/b0/00 > > > ....Below is what i have for fvwm (cursor colors are set WRT dark > background colors)... > > CursorStyle STROKE dot rgb:00/00/00 rgb:f0/00/00 > > CursorStyle WAIT watch rgb:b0/b0/00 rgb:00/00/00 > > CursorStyle DESTROY pirate rgb:90/90/00 rgb:f0/f0/f0 > > CursorStyle DEFAULT center_ptr rgb:b0/b0/00 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle MENU dot rgb:f0/00/00 rgb:f0/f0/f0 > CursorStyle ROOT X_cursor rgb:b0/b0/00 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle SELECT crosshair rgb:00/00/00 rgb:b0/b0/00 > CursorStyle SYS hand2 rgb:00/00/00 rgb:b0/b0/00 > CursorStyle TITLE dot rgb:c0/c0/00 rgb:00/00/00 > > CursorStyle MOVE fleur rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle POSITION top_left_corner rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle RESIZE sizing rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > > CursorStyle TOP top_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle BOTTOM bottom_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle LEFT left_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle RIGHT right_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > > CursorStyle TOP_EDGE top_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle BOTTOM_EDGE bottom_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle LEFT_EDGE left_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle RIGHT_EDGE right_side rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > > CursorStyle TOP_LEFT top_left_corner rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle TOP_RIGHT top_right_corner rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle BOTTOM_LEFT bottom_left_corner rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > CursorStyle BOTTOM_RIGHT bottom_right_corner rgb:f0/f0/f0 rgb:00/00/00 > > > - Parv > > -- > A programmer, budding Unix system administrator, and amateur photographer > ISO employment. Details... > > http://www103.pair.com/parv/work/ > > -- > Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. > To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]