Cool theme! I was wondering how you got the text cursor's animation to stop at the end instead of looping? I'm trying to make a theme where a hand grabs, and the animation stops there with the hand closed.
Your Azenis cursor enhancement looks very nice!
However, it would be very helpful if you could include detailed installation instructions, including how to change the cursor size, if Compiz is enabled.
Thanks for sharing your work!
INSTALL INSTRUCTION
If you have root permission and want your cursor to be available to all users, unzip and put the Azenis directory at /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11/. Alternatively, put it at ~/.icons/.
ABOUT CHOOSING THE THEME IN COMPIZ
I do not use Compiz so I cannot provide detailed information. Actually I uploaded my cursor theme from KDE-look... Anyway, cursor themes are something that should work across all desktop environments.
You may want to look at the screenshot in http://askubuntu.com/questions/38375/how-do-i-enlarge-the-mouse-pointer-cursor .
FURTHER NOTE ON AVAILABLE SIZES
I provide mouse size 16,24,32,40,48,56,64,72. Note that 48 is the original size so larger sizes are somewhat blurry. These super large sizes are included only because modern screens tend to have wonderful resolutions and traditional sized cursors often look too small.
I plan to apply some sharpen filter in the future but right now it's just a simple Lanczos resizing.
Hi,
Thanks very much for your detailed response. My problem is that I cannot live without Compiz but it has a bug that makes it difficult to change the mouse cursor theme. To do so I have to edit the /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme file by remarking out the Name line under [Icon Theme] and adding Inherits=Azenis. This works fine but I haven't found a way yet to change the size of the cursor, which I would like to do. Normal methods such as the one in the askubuntu link will not work. Thanks anyway for your input.
Thanks for sharing your work!
Hi, I have produced a special version where the mouse size is not selectable. It will stick at 48px, the original designed size.
It can be found at:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=165331
Hope that helps.
Thanks for your responsiveness and creating a new theme with the larger mouse pointer size. 48x looks good, however, it's too large for my desktop. Is there an easy way to edit this theme to reduce it to a fixed 32x size?
Thanks for sharing!
By the way, you may also want to look at http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Azenis?content=104666, the welcomed Azenis cursor uploaded by another guy. He also had 3 different colors to offer. (I also have different colored versions but these are too large to upload...)
Since my whole point is that he seemed to only offer 32px version and I think keeping the original 48px is better, maybe his version will simply serve you well :)
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Cool theme! I was wondering how you got the text cursor's animation to stop at the end instead of looping? I'm trying to make a theme where a hand grabs, and the animation stops there with the hand closed.
i can't seem to download any files from this site, i keep getting this error http://i.imgur.com/CwLf39N.png
Your Azenis cursor enhancement looks very nice! However, it would be very helpful if you could include detailed installation instructions, including how to change the cursor size, if Compiz is enabled. Thanks for sharing your work!
INSTALL INSTRUCTION If you have root permission and want your cursor to be available to all users, unzip and put the Azenis directory at /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11/. Alternatively, put it at ~/.icons/. ABOUT CHOOSING THE THEME IN COMPIZ I do not use Compiz so I cannot provide detailed information. Actually I uploaded my cursor theme from KDE-look... Anyway, cursor themes are something that should work across all desktop environments. You may want to look at the screenshot in http://askubuntu.com/questions/38375/how-do-i-enlarge-the-mouse-pointer-cursor . FURTHER NOTE ON AVAILABLE SIZES I provide mouse size 16,24,32,40,48,56,64,72. Note that 48 is the original size so larger sizes are somewhat blurry. These super large sizes are included only because modern screens tend to have wonderful resolutions and traditional sized cursors often look too small. I plan to apply some sharpen filter in the future but right now it's just a simple Lanczos resizing.
Hi, Thanks very much for your detailed response. My problem is that I cannot live without Compiz but it has a bug that makes it difficult to change the mouse cursor theme. To do so I have to edit the /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme file by remarking out the Name line under [Icon Theme] and adding Inherits=Azenis. This works fine but I haven't found a way yet to change the size of the cursor, which I would like to do. Normal methods such as the one in the askubuntu link will not work. Thanks anyway for your input. Thanks for sharing your work!
Hi, I have produced a special version where the mouse size is not selectable. It will stick at 48px, the original designed size. It can be found at: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=165331 Hope that helps.
Thanks for your responsiveness and creating a new theme with the larger mouse pointer size. 48x looks good, however, it's too large for my desktop. Is there an easy way to edit this theme to reduce it to a fixed 32x size? Thanks for sharing!
There is an easy way: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=165448. However, since I'm not at my Linux box, I cannot confirm that this 32px version works. Please tell me if it doesn't work.
By the way, you may also want to look at http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Azenis?content=104666, the welcomed Azenis cursor uploaded by another guy. He also had 3 different colors to offer. (I also have different colored versions but these are too large to upload...) Since my whole point is that he seemed to only offer 32px version and I think keeping the original 48px is better, maybe his version will simply serve you well :)