Decurs, X11 (monochrome) cursors editor

What Is DeCurs?

DeCurs is dual in it's nature: it is a collection of better mouse cursors for XFree86, and a program to edit them, or any other font.

DeCurs -- the cursors

-- better mouse cursors for XFree86!
These cursors are "white", with black border, not "inverted" like standard X-Windows ones. I drew them using custom program (Win32 based), which I wrote. I recently ported that old piece of code to GTK+, and it's now available here.
You can download cursors below. Installation instructions below.

DeCurs -- the program

DeCurs is a GTK+ based program that lets you edit you XFree86 mouse cursors. It reads them from "bdf" -formatted font files. Now, don't worry, DeCurs comes with one handy =). However, if you want to edit a "pcf" -formatted file (this is the format your cursors are stored in XFree86), you need an utility called pcf2bdf, you can find it here.

Screenshots

[The Pieces(9k) cursors]
[new wait(33k) cursor (v0.42.2)]
[new root(44k) cursor (v0.42)]
[new pirate(25k) cursor (v0.42, cursor rarely used)]
[glyph selection in action(25k)]

Download

Newest version decurs-0.55.1(152k).
Older version decurs-0.50.1(224k).
Older version decurs-0.50.0(224k).
Older version decurs-0.42.2(282k).
Debian package (old): decurs_0.42.2-1_i386.deb(85k).
Only the cursors (DeCurs): cursor.pcf.gz.
Only the cursors (Pieces): pieces-font.tar.gz.

Installation

Please read Scott Brady's Mini-HOWTO, it makes it much easier to install new mouse-cursors.
Old method/site-wide.
Make a backup of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz, then copy the one you downloaded from here over it (not the backup copy, silly). Restart computer OR (shutdown X-Windows AND restart font-server). (if you don't know how, just restart your comp.)
Now You should have 'em.

Usage

Debian:
Run Decurs from command-line 'decurs' or from menu. Note that example-fonts are located in /usr/share/doc/decurs/examples/fonts.
Others (self-compiled):
Run ./configure && make. Run DeCurs in decurs/src (so it can find cursor.bdf).
Common for all:
Before you edit, press 'Mask' -button. Before you save, press UnMask -button.
edit your cursors, when finished, run these:
bdftopcf -o cursor.pcf cursor.bdf, then
gzip cursor.pcf, from here on, install as DeCurs -- the font.
Alternative:
Read Scott Brady's Mini-HOWTO.

Keys & Buttons

Leftclick draws white
Rightclick black
Shift-Leftclick draws "transparent" color
Control-Leftclick moves "hot-spot". Hot-spot is place where your mouse "has clicked", for example in arrow it should be at the point.
Key 'b' prints some glyph information. Note that you may need to press 'TAB' key one or more times for this to work.

Known bugs

• When font masked and you reach to the end of font, mask is displayed. Workaround: Unmask and mask again.
• Some glyphs' mask do not overlay correctly, this has to do with mask being not modulo 2.