From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX"  8-JAN-1993 18:59:31.94
To:	info-vax@kl.sri.com
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Subj:	Re: DECwindows and the Starship Enterprise

In article <1993Jan8.115456.13425@bsu-ucs>, 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
 (Matthew J. Stum) writes:
> ritley@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu writes:
>> In Kevin Barkes' "DCL Dialogue" column in this month's
>> DECprofessional magazine, he indicates that by changing the
>> value of sm.pointer_shape to -142, in the file
>> DECW$SM_GENERAL.DAT, the DECwindows pointer
>> will be changed to an outline of the "starship Enterprise".
>> 
>> This seems to work.
>> 
>> Is there somewhere a list of accepted pointer types??????
>> Possibly other arrow styles????
> 
> I saw a similar reference quite awhile ago (months) but had _just_ switched
> to Motif and, alas, the table of values given didn't work.  I assume this is
> a DECwindows thing only, not Motif.  Or is it?  Any way I can access this
> alternate list of pointer shapes from Motif?

Yes.  With Motif, sm.pointer_shape is in DECW$SMB_POINTER_COLOR.DAT instead.
For a list of values, see DECW$INCLUDE:CURSORFONT.H (give the negative of the
value shown).  I use -104, the sailboat.
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