diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e981d30..68a4c01 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ If you are on Arch linux, you can install the AUR package [phinger-cursors](http Other distros currently don't yet have phinger-cursors in their repositories. So please install manually, as descibed below. -### By hand +### Manually For a manual installation, download and extract the [latest release](https://github.com/phisch/phinger-cursors/releases/latest/download/phinger-cursors-variants.tar.bz2) into the `~/.icons` directory. @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ This installs the cursor theme for your current user. To install for all users, ## How to enable +You might have a settings application installed that can do this for you like [Gnome Tweaks](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks) or [lxappearance](https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXAppearance). If you don't, enable the cursor theme as descibed below. + +### Manually + Enable your prefered variant (`phinger-cursors` or `phinger-cursors-light`) inside `~/.icons/default/index.theme`: ```ini @@ -38,7 +42,25 @@ And finally, enable it for GTK applications in your `~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings. gtk-cursor-theme-name=phinger-cursors-light ``` -You might have a settings application installed that can do this for you, but I' rather describe how to do this by manually in case you don't have one installed. +## How to change cursor size + +The available cursor sizes are `24`, `32`, `48`, `64`, `96` and `128`. How to change it depends on your current environment. + +### GNOME, MATE, XFCE + +Run the following command and replace `CURSOR_SIZE` with your prefered one: + +- on GNOME: `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size CURSOR_SIZE` +- on MATE: `gsettings set org.mate.peripherals-mouse CURSOR_SIZE` +- on XFCE: `xfconf-query --channel xsettings --property /Gtk/CursorThemeSize --set CURSOR_SIZE` + +### Xresources + +Add this line to your `~/.Xresources` and replace `CURSOR_SIZE` with your prefered one: + +```sh +Xcursor.size: CURSOR_SIZE +``` ## How it's made