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NAME
X11::CursorFont - cursor font glyph names and numbers
SYNOPSIS
use X11::CursorFont '%CURSOR_GLYPH';
my $num = $CURSOR_GLYPH{'fleur'}; # is 52
my $name = $X11::CursorFont::CURSOR_NAME[52]; # is "fleur"
DESCRIPTION
This is the names and numbers of the glyphs in the X11 cursor font which contains various
standard mouse pointer cursors.
%CURSOR_GLYPH maps a glyph name to its character number in the font,
$CURSOR_GLYPH{'fleur'} # is 52
@CURSOR_NAME conversely is indexed by character number and gives the glyph name,
$CURSOR_NAME[52] # is "fleur"
Each glyph has an associated mask at character number glyph+1 which is the shape of the
cursor (the displayed vs transparent pixels). So the character numbers are always even
and in @CURSOR_NAME only the even character positions have names.
The cursor images can be viewed with the usual "xfd" font display program,
xfd -fn cursor
The names are per the Xlib /usr/include/X11/cursorfont.h file, without the "XC_" prefixes.
The full list is
Name Number
X_cursor 0 default fat X
arrow 2
based_arrow_down 4
based_arrow_up 6
boat 8
bogosity 10
bottom_left_corner 12
bottom_right_corner 14
bottom_side 16
bottom_tee 18
box_spiral 20 a square spiral
center_ptr 22
circle 24
clock 26
coffee_mug 28
cross 30
cross_reverse 32
crosshair 34 "+" shape
diamond_cross 36
dot 38
dotbox 40
double_arrow 42
draft_large 44
draft_small 46
draped_box 48
exchange 50
fleur 52
gobbler 54
gumby 56
hand1 58
hand2 60
heart 62
icon 64
iron_cross 66
left_ptr 68
left_side 70
left_tee 72
leftbutton 74
ll_angle 76
lr_angle 78
man 80
middlebutton 82
mouse 84
pencil 86
pirate 88 skull and crossbones
plus 90
question_arrow 92
right_ptr 94
right_side 96
right_tee 98
rightbutton 100
rtl_logo 102
sailboat 104
sb_down_arrow 106
sb_h_double_arrow 108
sb_left_arrow 110
sb_right_arrow 112
sb_up_arrow 114
sb_v_double_arrow 116
shuttle 118
sizing 120
spider 122
spraycan 124
star 126
target 128
tcross 130
top_left_arrow 132
top_left_corner 134
top_right_corner 136
top_side 138
top_tee 140
trek 142
ul_angle 144
umbrella 146
ur_angle 148
watch 150 a good "busy" indicator
xterm 152 a vertical insertion bar
"X_cursor" is the usual default when the server first starts or when the root window is
set to cursor "None".
VARIABLES
%X11::CursorFont::CURSOR_GLYPH
A mapping of glyph name to cursor font character number.
@X11::CursorFont::CURSOR_NAME
A table of cursor font character number to glyph name.
EXPORTS
Nothing is exported by default, but %CURSOR_GLYPH and @CURSOR_NAME can be selected in
usual "Exporter" style (see Exporter),
use X11::CursorFont '%CURSOR_GLYPH', '@CURSOR_NAME';
EXAMPLE
For reference, here's how to create a cursor from a desired glyph,
my $cursor_name = 'spraycan';
my $cursor_glyph = $CURSOR_GLYPH{$cursor_name}; # number
my $cursor_font = $X->new_rsrc;
$X->OpenFont ($cursor_font, "cursor"); # cursor font
my $cursor = $X->new_rsrc;
$X->CreateGlyphCursor
($cursor,
$cursor_font, # font
$cursor_font, # mask font
$cursor_glyph, # glyph
$cursor_glyph + 1, # and its mask
0,0,0, # foreground, black
0xFFFF,0xFFFF,0xFFFF); # background, white
$X->CloseFont ($cursor_font);
# then use $cursor with CreateWindow or ChangeWindowAttributes
# cursor => $cursor
The $cursor_font could be kept open if used repeatedly. Opening and closing isn't a
round-trip, so an open when needed may be enough.
Any RGB colours can be given in "CreateGlyphCursor()", but actual appearance on screen
will be limited by the hardware.
All cursors in the core protocol are two-colours with pixels fully opaque or fully
transparent as per this create. The RENDER extension, when available, can do multi-colour
and partial transparency if desired (see X11::Protocol::Ext::RENDER).
SEE ALSO
X11::Protocol, X11::KeySyms
/usr/include/X11/cursorfont.h and listing in the Xlib manual appendix B
("http://www.x.org/docs/X11/" or /usr/share/doc/libx11-dev/libX11.txt.gz).
Xlib Xmu "XmuCursorNameToIndex()" ("http://www.x.org/docs/Xmu/" or
/usr/share/doc/libxmu-headers/Xmu.txt.gz)
xfd(1) to display the cursor font.
xsetroot(1) to change the root window cursor.
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LICENSE
Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013 Kevin Ryde
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