On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 06:51:04AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:56:42 -0500 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:The first thing that comes to mind is always using a larger pointer -- the size and shape are configurable in most systems. big-cursor provides even larger cursors.A red cursor also helps. Install xcursor-themes and select the redglass theme. On XFCE, you can adjust the pointer size. I usually set mine to 36 points. <right click on desktop> -> Applications -> Settings -> Mouse & Touchpad -> Themes.
Last year I changed my mouse pointer to be huge and (coincidentally) red: I cloned the classic Commodore Amiga Workbench 1.3-era mouse pointer and scaled it up 8 times from the original size. It's so useful I couldn't go back to a regular-sized pointer! <https://jmtd.net/log/amiga_pointer/> (instructions in a comment) -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎ jmtd@debian.org 🔗 https://jmtd.net