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<H2><A NAME="notes"></A> <A NAME="s4">4. Notes and limitations</A></H2>
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<LI> X servers may have a limit for the maximum cursor
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size, especially if they use a hardware implementation for the mouse
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cursor. Others do not have such a limit. E. g. XF86_S3 3.3
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works even with a 512x512 mouse cursor (rather slowly).</LI>
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<LI> The magnified cursor font must have the same name as the original
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font (the <EM>font name</EM> must be <CODE>cursor</CODE>, <EM>file name</EM> does not
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matter)—that is no problem as <CODE>bdfresize</CODE> does not change
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the font name. </LI>
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<LI> The directory with the new cursor font must be placed before the
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directory with the standard cursor font in the the font path—this
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is accomplished with <CODE>xset +fp</CODE> (as opposed to
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<CODE>xset fp+</CODE>).</LI>
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<LI> Changes in <CODE>$HOME/fonts/</CODE> will be visible only
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after the command <CODE>mkfontdir $HOME/fonts; xset fp rehash</CODE>
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and only in newly
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started X clients (more exactly: for newly created cursors).</LI>
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<LI> <CODE>xset +fp path</CODE> may not work on a X-Terminal. In this case
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a font server (see the section
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<A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-7.html#fontserver">How to use a fontserver</A>)
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can be used if supported by the X-Terminal or some
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other method to install the font on the X-Terminal (this can
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generally only be done by your system administrator).</LI>
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<LI> The same approach can be used for <CODE>olcursor</CODE> and
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<CODE>decw$cursor</CODE> fonts and any other cursor font you may
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encounter.</LI>
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<LI> Cursor fonts produced by bdfresize don't look smooth,
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especially at larger magnification factors. It would be nice if
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someone could create better looking handcrafted version at
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some common sizes.</LI>
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