Bug#365061: xcursor-themes: No docs

[Hamish <hamish_b@yahoo.com>]

Hi, after wasting half an hour searching the web, another vote for this.


please create /usr/share/doc/xcursor-themes/README.Debian containing
a one line description of each of the cursor sets and how to change
them.

for example:

Cursor themes included in this package:
handhelds  - Tiny cursor set appropriate for low resolution displays
redglass   - Fancy red-faced cursor set
whiteglass - Fancy white-faced  cursor set

Additionally this package makes available the core theme via the
Debian Alternatives system:
core       - The classic X11 cursor theme

[maybe mention something about the default Industrial/DMZ theme too]



to change the theme used system-wide run:
  update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme

to change the theme for a single user account you can create a symlink
to a theme file in ~/.icons/default/:
  # (for example to use the "core" theme)
  THEME=core
  mkdir -p ~/.icons/default/
  ln -s /etc/X11/cursors/$THEME.theme ~/.icons/default/index.theme



For the record, the only reason I have need to change the x-cursor
theme is that a fat cross-hairs cursor is completely useless for
precision work. A fat one with shadows may be more aesthetically
pleasing form to some, but it is completely useless in function.


aside: I seem to recall either from earlier Linux or probably Solaris
days of yore there was a cursor set with 1-2px gap around the dot in
the middle of the cross-hair. Can anyone recall what that was called?
it was even better for precision work

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thanks,
Hamish