[xmonad] Re: [PATCH] XMonad: set the default root cursor to XC_left_ptr

[Thomas Friedrich]

Andres Salomon wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:05:53 -0400
> Thomas Friedrich <info at suud.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Andres Salomon wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:38:46 +0200
>>> Matthias Kilian
>>> <kili at outback.escape.de> wrote:
>>>
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>>>       
>>>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:01:39PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> I've noticed that the default root cursor isn't changed from X's
>>>>> default.  Is there a reason for this, other than just no one
>>>>> noticing because their display manager overrides it?  I've noticed
>>>>> this with nodm.  The patch below changes xmonad to override the
>>>>> default cursor.
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> You can always set the cursor from your .xsession or .xinitrc using
>>>> xsetroot(1) before starting xmonad (or any other window manager).
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Yep, and some display managers also set it.  However, my opinion is
>>> that xmonad should be setting it.  If people feel differently, I'd
>>> like to hear why.
>>>   
>>>       
>> I always have this trinity in my head: X-Server, Window-Manager,
>> Desktop-Environment.  We're working on the level of the
>> Window-Manager. But mouse pointers, fonts, window-decorations, etc.,
>> I always think of these as being the job of the Desktop-Environment
>> -- not the window-manager's job.  But I know that different people
>> have different opinions..
>>     
>
> But what happens when you're not using a DE? :)
>   

Well, in fact, I *don't* use a DE, and I set it via my .xinitrc.

I so knew this gonna be a hot topic.  Deeply philosophical, emotional,
extreme in its oppositions ... ;)