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<H2><A NAME="howto"></A> <A NAME="s3">3. How to do it</A></H2>
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<P>Follow the steps detailed below. If you don't want to get and compile
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the bdfresize package yourself, you can skip to step 3 and download a
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magnified font instead of creating it.
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<OL>
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<LI> get cursor.bdf, the source of the cursor font, from some X
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distribution, e. g. from
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.3/xc/fonts/bdf/misc/cursor.bdf">ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.3/xc/fonts/bdf/misc/cursor.bdf</A> (if you don't
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find it there try an archie search or get it from
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<A HREF="http://i11www.ira.uka.de/~schneid/X11-big-cursor/cursor.bdf">my copy</A>). </LI>
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<LI> get, compile and install the bdfresize package from
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/X11/contrib/Local/bdfresize-1.4.tar.Z">ftp://ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/X11/contrib/Local/bdfresize-1.4.tar.Z</A>
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(or from
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<A HREF="http://i11www.ira.uka.de/~schneid/X11-big-cursor/bdfresize-1.4.tar.gz">my copy</A>):
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<PRE>
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zcat bdfresize-1.4.tar.Z | tar xf -
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cd bdfresize-1.4
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xmkmf
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make
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On Linux you probably have to use:
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make CCOPTIONS='-include /usr/include/bsd/bsd.h' clean all
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</LI>
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<LI> create a directory and install a magnified cursor font in it
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(magnification factor 2 in this example):
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<PRE>
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mkdir $HOME/fonts
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bdfresize -f 2 cursor.bdf | bdftopcf >$HOME/fonts/cursor2.pcf
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mkfontdir $HOME/fonts
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</PRE>
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I have prepared some
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<A HREF="http://i11www.ira.uka.de/~schneid/X11-big-cursor/fonts/">cursor fonts</A>
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with the following magnification factors: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5,
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6, 7, 8 and 16. You can download one of them an copy it to
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<CODE>$HOME/fonts</CODE> if you don't want to use bdfresize.
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</LI>
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<LI> modify your <CODE>.xinitrc</CODE> or <CODE>.xsession</CODE> file: before
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any X client (that uses cursors) is started the following
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commands must be executed:
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<PRE>
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xset +fp $HOME/fonts
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xsetroot -cursor_name X_cursor
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</LI>
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<LI> leave your X session and restart.</LI>
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</OL>
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<P>That's it—now all mouse cursors should have doubled in size.
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