From: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: mintty and mouse cursor
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:48:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=oRBoKUTUw8Skk=1pRp5eXUnRrfw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <is6upj$kic$1@dough.gmane.org>
On 2 June 2011 04:07, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> On 06/01/11 11:28, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 1 June 2011 16:50, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there any way to set the mouse pointer in mintty to be more noticeable
>>> than the skinny I beam cursor in a non-contracting color? Can I set the
>>> color of the I beam or use another cursor shape like an arrow or
>>> something?
>>
>> Mintty uses the system's "Text Select" cursor, as also used for
>> example in text editors. This can be changed on the 'Pointers' tab of
>> the 'Mouse' control panel. Various different shapes and sizes are
>> available there.
>
> Cool, I'll have to check that out. Still seems like it should be
> independently configurable.
GNOME Terminal and KDE Konsole use the same approach of relying on a
desktop-wide setting, hence I think that's appropriate for the
"Windows Desktop Environment" terminal too. Any excuse to avoid yet
another option. ;)
Andy
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-07 5:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-01 15:51 Andrew DeFaria
2011-06-01 18:28 ` Andy Koppe
2011-06-02 3:08 ` Andrew DeFaria
2011-06-07 5:48 ` Andy Koppe [this message]
2011-06-07 7:14 ` Andrew DeFaria
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