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Re: virtual terminal mouse pointer color



On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 02:04:30PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Dan Ritter (HE12025-08-13):
> > That's correct. gpm doesn't set the pointer color.
> > 
> > Whatever application is running on the console gets to do that,
> > by emitting escape sequences.
> > 
> > An article discussing what to set:
> > 
> > http://linuxgazette.net/137/anonymous.html
> 
> This article talks about the text cursor, not the mouse pointer managed
> by gpm. Are you sure it is relevant in this discussion ?
> 
> I have looked in the source of gpm, the word color seems to only appear
> in relation to menu colors.

It's the terminal program itself doing it (at least under X).
I posted something (which I tested beforehand).

Cheers
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t

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