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XCreateFontCursor()					   XCreateFontCursor()

Name
  XCreateFontCursor – create a cursor from the standard cursor font.

Synopsis
  #include <X11/cursorfont.h>
     Cursor XCreateFontCursor(display, shape)
	Display *display;
	unsigned int shape;

Arguments
  display Specifies  a connection to an X server; returned from XOpenDis‐
	  play().

  shape	  Specifies which character in the standard cursor font should be
	  used for the cursor.

Returns
  The created cursor.

Description
  X  provides  a  set  of  standard cursor shapes in a special font named
  "cursor."  Programs are encouraged to use this interface for their cur‐
  sors,	 since the font can be customized for the individual display type
  and shared between clients.

  The hotspot comes from the information stored in the font.  The initial
  colors  of  the  cursor  are black for the foreground and white for the
  background.  XRecolorCursor() can be used to change the colors  of  the
  cursor to those desired.

  For  more  information about cursors and their shapes in fonts, see Ap‐
  pendix I, The Cursor Font.

Errors
  BadAlloc

  BadFont

  BadValue  The shape argument does not specify a character in the  stan‐
	    dard cursor font.

See Also
  XCreateGlyphCursor(), XCreatePixmapCursor(), XDefineCursor(), XFreeCur‐
  sor(), XQueryBestCursor(), XQueryBestSize(),	XRecolorCursor(),  XUnde‐
  fineCursor().

Xlib - Cursors						   XCreateFontCursor()

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