Re: virtual terminal mouse pointer color
On Wed 13 Aug 2025 at 14:04:30 (+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 ?
Indirectly, I suppose, because the colour of the pointer is affected
by the size, shape and colour of the text cursor when the two coincide.
> I have looked in the source of gpm, the word color seems to only appear
> in relation to menu colors.
Cheers,
David.
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