Simon Wise wrote:
They are certainly are system icons, they change if I change the system cursor theme. In xfce different sets of icons are selectable as "themes" for the mouse.
But here there has always been one missing ... the one shown while hovering over an inlet or outlet in edit mode, but it never bothered me enough to find out why, and anyway I've got an oldish pd installed so it may have been fixed already.
thank you! I was able to select a theme that suited me better using (under Debian) sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
Now I am looking for a way to disable the arrow-cursor that is mirrored directions when you hover the mouse over an object that can be clicked and use the normal error for it. But somehow I can't find the file that holds the cursors themselves. Otherwise I could delete the mirrored arrow file and use a symlink pointing to the original arrow.
I feel that there could be less different mouse cursors in Pd in general, somehow it is already quite a lot:
Non-edit mode: Arrow over canvas Arrow over clickable objects facing other direction (necessary?)
Edit-mode: Edit arrow Patch-cord cycle Select patchcord for deletion Change object size via right border
but that's just my 2 cents and possibly not worth spending time on.
best, P
On 25/01/14 09:59, Peter P. wrote:
Simon Wise wrote:
They are certainly are system icons, they change if I change the system cursor theme. In xfce different sets of icons are selectable as "themes" for the mouse.
But here there has always been one missing ... the one shown while hovering over an inlet or outlet in edit mode, but it never bothered me enough to find out why, and anyway I've got an oldish pd installed so it may have been fixed already.
thank you! I was able to select a theme that suited me better using (under Debian) sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
Now I am looking for a way to disable the arrow-cursor that is mirrored directions when you hover the mouse over an object that can be clicked and use the normal error for it. But somehow I can't find the file that holds the cursors themselves. Otherwise I could delete the mirrored arrow file and use a symlink pointing to the original arrow.
the themes seem to be in /usr/share/icons/ with the cursors in "X11 cursor" format, and a couple of configuration files, maybe you could copy a folder and customise a theme to your liking.
I feel that there could be less different mouse cursors in Pd in general, somehow it is already quite a lot:
Personally I like the feedback that the changing cursors give, sometimes the target areas are quit close together or small, eg it is nice to know when you are over an outlet that is suitable for the connection you are trying to make, and simple visual feedback is quite important in any modal application .. I prefer an edit-mode cursor to some indication in another part of the window.
Simon
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