xcursorgen:tldr:7c83f

xcursorgen: Create an X cursor file using a config file and specify the path to the image files.

xcursorgen

$ xcursorgen --prefix ${path-to-image_directory-} ${path-to-config-cursor} ${path-to-output_file}

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The command xcursorgen is used to generate a cursor theme for the X Window System. It takes three arguments:

--prefix ${path-to-image_directory-}: This argument specifies the prefix to be added to the image file names in the cursor theme. The ${path-to-image_directory-} is the path to the directory where the cursor images are located. By providing this prefix, the command can associate the correct image files with the cursor theme.
${path-to-config-cursor}: This argument specifies the path to the configuration file for the cursor theme. The configuration file contains information about the different cursors in the theme, their sizes, hotspots, and image file names.
${path-to-output_file}: This argument specifies the path to the output file. The generated cursor theme will be written to this file.

In summary, the xcursorgen command uses the provided configuration and image files to create a cursor theme and save it to the specified output file.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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