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describe how to change cursor size

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and mention common settings panels to enable the cursor theme
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@ -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.
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## 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
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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
```
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