On 21 March 2012 19:54, Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> wrote:
It was only a passing observation which I hadn't researched in depth. A quick check, now, for "xterm -ms" on ubuntu's launchpad site showed no full matches. But then, google doesn't seem to find a "-ms" either, so I think I'll just go back to what I'm trying to achieve, rather than futz any more.
I have the same results, and I use ratpoison, not Gnome. Looking at the source code for xterm, I see this function: void recolor_cursor(TScreen * screen, Cursor cursor, /* X cursor ID to set */ unsigned long fg, /* pixel indexes to look up */ unsigned long bg) /* pixel indexes to look up */ { Display *dpy = screen->display; XColor colordefs[2]; /* 0 is foreground, 1 is background */ colordefs[0].pixel = fg; colordefs[1].pixel = bg; XQueryColors(dpy, DefaultColormap(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)), colordefs, 2); XRecolorCursor(dpy, cursor, colordefs, colordefs + 1); return; } Am guessing that maybe something in xorg has changed to break XRecolorCursor. However this page would imply it should still work: http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/X_Window/Custom_Cursors.htm -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>