XCURSORGEN(1)

💖 XCURSORGEN 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the General Commands Manual and it's literally all about xcursorgen — the little icon-maker that turns your PNG pile into a real X cursor file. no cap, it's giving "craft corner but make it unix" 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xcursorgen — create an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xcursorgen [ -p dir ] [ --prefix dir ] [ config-file [ output-file ] ]
xcursorgen -V | --version | -? | --help

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the vibe: xcursorgen reads the config-file to find the list of cursor images, along with their hotspot and nominal size info. then it converts all of the images to Xcursor format and writes them out to the output-file. main character energy fr fr 👑

Every single line in the config file is of this form:

<size> <xhot> <yhot> <filename> <ms-delay>

Multiple images with the same <size> are used to create animated cursors — and the <ms-delay> value on each line tells you how long each image should be displayed before switching to the next one. iconic. the <ms-delay> can be elided for static cursors, so don't stress about it if you're not animating 💫

quick lil note bestie: if config-file is not specified, or is specified as -, standard input is used for the configuration file. and if output-file is not specified, or is specified as -, standard output is used for the output file. pipes on pipes on pipes 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -V, --version — display the version number and exit. short and sweet, periodt ✨
• -?, --help — display the usage message and exit. your lil cheat sheet 💖
• -p dir, --prefix dir — find cursor images in the directory specified by dir. if it's not specified, the current directory is used. so if you're like "where are my PNGs" — that's the flag, iykyk 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Xcursor(3) — go read it, bestie, it's the whole vibe 🧚

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and that's the whole page!! X Version 11 energy, xcursorgen 1.0.9 forever — mwah, go make some gorgeous cursors 💜🎀💅