Re: [xmonad] Re: [PATCH] XMonad: set the default root cursor to XC_left_ptr

Andres Salomon wrote:

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:05:53 -0400 Thomas Friedrich wrote:

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Andres Salomon wrote:

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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:38:46 +0200 Matthias Kilian wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:01:39PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:

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I've noticed that the default root cursor isn't changed from X's default. Is there a reason for this, other than just no one noticing because their display manager overrides it? I've noticed this with nodm. The patch below changes xmonad to override the default cursor.

You can always set the cursor from your .xsession or .xinitrc using xsetroot(1) before starting xmonad (or any other window manager).

Yep, and some display managers also set it. However, my opinion is that xmonad should be setting it. If people feel differently, I'd like to hear why.

I always have this trinity in my head: X-Server, Window-Manager, Desktop-Environment. We're working on the level of the Window-Manager. But mouse pointers, fonts, window-decorations, etc., I always think of these as being the job of the Desktop-Environment -- not the window-manager's job. But I know that different people have different opinions..

But what happens when you're not using a DE? :)

Well, in fact, I *don't* use a DE, and I set it via my .xinitrc. I so knew this gonna be a hot topic. Deeply philosophical, emotional, extreme in its oppositions ... ;)