Comix Cursors

Comix Cursors Original

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://gitlab.com/limitland/comixcursors

Description:

The original Comix Cursors.

X11 mouse theme with a comics feeling.
The package comes with 12 different mouse themes for X11.
6 colors (black, blue, green, orange, red and white)
2 different weights (slim and normal)

From version 0.8 on the cursors are 'multisize', meaning that you don't need to install one theme for each size, but only one theme, and chose the size in the cursor theme selection dialog.
The full installation also includes left-handed themes, you can choose whatever you prefer from the downloads below.

The cursors are named according to the freedesktop.org cursor naming convention, compatibility and hash cursor names are linked. In addition to the original cursor pack left-handed and opaque versions are still available here.
Please read the README and INSTALL files provided in the source package for installation and packaging instructions, as well as some hints on various issues.

MAINTAINERS:
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Please checkout the latest sources from the new official repository on gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/limitland/comixcursors. Please read http://www.limitland.de/comixcursors

Have fun.

Last changelog:

Version 0.9.2 8 months ago

* Solve problems with the automated build pipeline, causing corrupted images in the build artefacts.

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dispenser
11 years ago

and yes I did add...
Option "HWCursor" "off"
to the xorg.conf file

and have been reading through most of these posts here.

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dispenser
11 years ago

fixed it with

Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "0"

Thank you!

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Camberwell
11 years ago

Hi there,

I was having an issue with the cursors not working in firefox and other gtk apps

so what I did was create a file ~/.gtkrc-2.0

and added...

gtk-cursor-theme-name="Comix Cursor original White Regular Bold"

obviously you would put your own theme in there, but thats fixed it for me

I hope that helps anyone else having this issue

Martin

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Camberwell
11 years ago

Hi there, Just wanted to say I like the cursors very much :)

and nice job, well done

I am now a fan

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FredWP
11 years ago

The only thing I dislike, is the way it is installed. For each size, there is a new theme.

Removing these mouse icons is almost a lost cause, there are so many. If you're on a slower netbook like I am, it will take you a while.

Would it be possible to just do a cursor per color, and then adjust the size with the bar?

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jlue
11 years ago

Hi FredWP,
yes that is possible and X11 mouse cursors are actually ment to be combined like that. And it is possible to do this in gnome, but not in KDE - so I could not implement it.

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FredWP
11 years ago

Marvelous, can't put it any better words. :)

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israelihawk
11 years ago

disclaimer: this is the BEST cursor theme IMHO and i've been using it for 3 years now..

after noticing a red color was added to the cursors, i tried it, and i really like it.

one small issue is when pressing (in order to drag) the title bar. when done, a BIG yellow hand replaced the normal red hand (in my case, a small red hand).

in all other colors -- no such bug.

thanks in advance.. :)

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jlue
11 years ago

sorry for the late reply: yes confirmed. Will upload an update as soon as possible. Thanks for reporting.

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turok101
11 years ago

Happens to me too with the blue-small set. I get a huge black hand.

Only the open hand does this. For example, in google maps the hand is always the huge black hand when hovering over the map. But when I click to drag around, it is the normal sized small blue clenched hand.

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israelihawk
11 years ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one.. :)

same bug, exactly as you described, with Google Earth.

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molecule-eye
11 years ago

The black opaque ones look great. Glad to see they come in different sizes, but it would be nice if there were just one set that was resizable.

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deathknight
11 years ago

I think Adding lots of ICON set is too bad idea. It has multiple colors and multiple sizes. So My Icon list takeover by this MouseCursor.

Instead, using SVG mouse icons, we could minimize this overhead. Large, Huge, small, normal icons become one... GTK allows resizing mouse pointers on the fly also. Why we require have multiple size of same icons instead of resizing from one?

I think next step is vectorization of pointer set.

Thank you.

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deathknight
11 years ago

I mean resizing option on GTK / KDE like
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=5376&forumpage=0&PHPSESSID=4d60193d864f526f0074e2de9b5c4544

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jlue
11 years ago

Hi deathknight,
yes, X11/xorg cursors (we're not talking about KDE or GTK) are ment to support multiple resolutions. That's AFAIR basically combinig different sized cursor images in one cursor file. My tests showed, that this worked in Gnome-, but not in KDE implementation. No significant difference in performance or usability IMHO. Conclusion: skip this approach.
And for the vector-cursors: yes, maybe it's time someone writes an xorg hook, that generates the cursor bitmaps from svg files on xorg startup. Might take one or two more seconds when the UI comes up...
Have fun.

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RGBkde
11 years ago

The link to ComixCursors-0.6.0.tar.bz2 leads to ComixCursor-0.2.tar.bz2
The file is only 608 kiB so it is not only a wrong name ;)
The noarch rpm is ok (I think...)

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jlue
11 years ago

Thanks for the hint, it's fixed now.

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ches
12 years ago

is there any way to disable the cursor shadow? THX

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jlue
12 years ago

Hi Chez,
yes there is: create you own custom cursor set. Download the source package and read README and INSTALL. The easiest way might be to make the shadow transparent with editing the file "CONFIG" to read "SHADOWTRANS=1.0". issue "./install.bash" to generate and install it.
Have fun.

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ches
12 years ago

Hi,
I built my own set, like you proposed - it worked great, many thanks!

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ches
12 years ago

Hi,
thanks for your help... I will try that :)
By the way, this is the best cursor set for gnome! Should be used as standard for all those distros ;)
Thanks fo sharing with us :)

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rockshandy
12 years ago

Hey I love the cursors in this theme but I have a question.

The waiting cursor that is just a circle works fine. If it's the little waiting circle with the pointer it uses the default waiting pointer.

I think I saw you have a cursor for this right?

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jlue
12 years ago

Hey there,
yes, there is a cursor for that, the "progress" one. What's your setup, gnome? Anything special like compiz or similar? When (clicking/hovering where?) does it happen?
Thanks

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rockshandy
12 years ago

Well it was doing it in firefox when clicking on some links but now there doesn't seem to be a problem so I have no idea... The only thing special I'm running is ATI Big desktop for my dual monitors so I cant' use compiz right now anyways. Thanks for the response though I'll let you know if it happens again. All I did in the meantime was switching around the other colors..

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jlue
12 years ago

Oh well, there is an update pending that fixes some firefox cursor hashes... stay tuned.

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Version 0.9.2 8 months ago

* Solve problems with the automated build pipeline, causing corrupted images in the build artefacts.

Version 0.9.1 8 months ago

* Minor updates to the build scripts.
* Remove XFree86 requirement for distribution PRMs.
* Add gitlab.com CI/CD pipeline and page configuration.

4 years ago

2016-06-10: version 0.9.0

- Move the original repository to gitlab.com
- Increase the shadows transparency.

2013-10-23: version 0.8.2

- Correct build of entire cursor set from source.
- Explain how to set cursor size in Gnome 3.
- Correct transparency level for Opaque cursors.
- Set hairline colour consistently.

2013-10-12: version 0.8.1
- Set orientation RightHanded if not specified.
- Build theme variants.
- Fix the multisize build process from sources.

2013-09-21: version 0.8
- Use multisize cursors.

2012-08-13: version 0.7.4
- Switch from deprecated "˜rsvg(1)' to "˜rsvg-convert(1)'.

2011-09-13: version 0.7.3
- Ben: Updated documentation for building custom themes.
- Ben: Expand shell wildcards in rule dependencies.

2011-02-26: version 0.7.2
- All Qt4 links (Ben).

2010-10-16: version 0.7.1
- Additional Qt4 cursor links (thx aqeeliz).

2010-06-03: version 0.7
- Licence changed to GPLv3.
- Uninstallation of current/custom/all cursors from sources.
- Render images using "˜rsvg' (faster than Inkscape).
- Generate animation frames from starting image using SVG transform attributes (not "˜patch').
- Easier to customise install location.
- Maintainability improvements of build system and programs.
- Include "Opaque" and "Left Handed" alternatives in primary source package.