<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>X11-big-cursor MINIHOWTO: Notes and limitations</TITLE> <LINK HREF="X-Big-Cursor-5.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="X-Big-Cursor-3.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="X-Big-Cursor.html#toc4" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-5.html">Next</A> <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-3.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor.html#toc4">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="notes"></A> <A NAME="s4">4. Notes and limitations</A></H2> <P> <UL> <LI> X servers may have a limit for the maximum cursor size, especially if they use a hardware implementation for the mouse cursor. Others do not have such a limit. E. g. XF86_S3 3.3 works even with a 512x512 mouse cursor (rather slowly).</LI> <LI> The magnified cursor font must have the same name as the original font (the <EM>font name</EM> must be <CODE>cursor</CODE>, <EM>file name</EM> does not matter)—that is no problem as <CODE>bdfresize</CODE> does not change the font name. </LI> <LI> The directory with the new cursor font must be placed before the directory with the standard cursor font in the the font path—this is accomplished with <CODE>xset +fp</CODE> (as opposed to <CODE>xset fp+</CODE>).</LI> <LI> Changes in <CODE>$HOME/fonts/</CODE> will be visible only after the command <CODE>mkfontdir $HOME/fonts; xset fp rehash</CODE> and only in newly started X clients (more exactly: for newly created cursors).</LI> <LI> <CODE>xset +fp path</CODE> may not work on a X-Terminal. In this case a font server (see the section <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-7.html#fontserver">How to use a fontserver</A>) can be used if supported by the X-Terminal or some other method to install the font on the X-Terminal (this can generally only be done by your system administrator).</LI> <LI> The same approach can be used for <CODE>olcursor</CODE> and <CODE>decw$cursor</CODE> fonts and any other cursor font you may encounter.</LI> <LI> Cursor fonts produced by bdfresize don't look smooth, especially at larger magnification factors. It would be nice if someone could create better looking handcrafted version at some common sizes.</LI> </UL> <P> <HR> <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-5.html">Next</A> <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-3.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="X-Big-Cursor.html#toc4">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>