Custom mouse cursor ... How?

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Custom mouse cursor ... How?

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I have mouse cursors of my own design. I install them in Windows without problems. How can I install them in Xfce?

For Windows:
BIG_NE_busy_.cur
BIG_NE_diagonal_NW-SE_.cur
BIG_NE_diagonal_SW-NE_.cur
BIG_NE_help_select_.cur
BIG_NE_horizontal_E-W_.cur
BIG_NE_move_.cur
BIG_NE_normal_select_.cur
BIG_NE_text_select_.cur
BIG_NE_vertical_N-S_.cur
BIG_NE_working_in_background_.cur

These are large, easy to see, and instead of pointing to upper-left, they point to upper-right (NE), so they don't interfere with tooltips.

I have the original art (crafted in CorelDraw) and can output almost any format, any size.

What format do I need and where do they get stored in the filesystem? Then, how to I persuade Linux to actually use them?

Thank You.

PS: I searched for this (and the 2 previous requests) for days and could find nothing. - M.
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Re: Custom mouse cursor ... How?

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that is not as straightforward as it seems:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/426735/m ... untu-12-04
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Pierre wrote:that is not as straightforward as it seems:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/426735/m ... untu-12-04
That seems like picking a cursor that already exists. I want to roll my own including cursor, pointer, sizers, mover, etc.
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Is there any way to upload and attach a graphic file in this forum?
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when you click on reply,
- below where you are posting is: options / upload attachment tab(s)
use that - watch the file size, though.
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Re: Custom mouse cursor ... How?

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Here's what they look like:
mouse .png
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