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* text cursor?Winston
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 by: Winston - Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:55 UTC

What's X11's name for the "text cursor" ( ][ ), or is there one?
I read through cursorfont.h, but none of the names struck me as
describing that cursor.

TIA,
-WBE

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 by: Lew Pitcher - Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:36 UTC

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:55:09 -0500, Winston wrote:

> What's X11's name for the "text cursor" ( ][ ), or is there one?
> I read through cursorfont.h, but none of the names struck me as
> describing that cursor.

I believe that the I-beam cursor is named XC_xterm in cursorfont.h

See https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/xlib-reference-manual/9780937175262/17_appendix-i.html
beside the watch, in the last row

--
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"

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 by: Winston - Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:27 UTC

I originally asked:
>> What's X11's name for the "text cursor" ( ][ ), or is there one?
>> I read through cursorfont.h, but none of the names struck me as
>> describing that cursor.

Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> kindly replied:
> I believe that the I-beam cursor is named XC_xterm in cursorfont.h

So that's where it's hiding. :)

> See https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/xlib-reference-manual/9780937175262/17_appendix-i.html
> beside the watch, in the last row

What a useful web page. Thanks!
-WBE

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