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# Toon cursor theme
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Toon is an XDG cursor theme. All icons are white, with classic shapes and a
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strong contrast : contours are bold, black and a little blurry.
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## How to use
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### Install with guix
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The `guix.scm` file included allows you to build and install a version of this
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theme from a local copy like this:
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```bash
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guix install -f guix.scm
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```
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### Other systems
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You only have to issue
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```bash
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make install
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```
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on a command line open in this directory and the theme «Toon» should show up
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next time you run your favourite appearance settings dialog.
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If you plan on packaging this theme for your favourite distribution, you might
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want instead to type something like
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```bash
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make install DESTDIR=pkg/usr/share/icons
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```
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if you're building the package in directory `pkg`.
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#### Dependencies
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You obviously need `make` if you choose to follow the above instructions but
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you can still manage to build the theme just fine as long as you have
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* sh : a shell script is used to generate each icon in the theme by deciding
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whether it's an actual cursor file or a link to another one
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* xcursorgen : the X11 tool to actually create a cursor file from a bunch of
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pictures and a config file
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## Origins
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The design is not original : the icons were extracted from the White theme that
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was shipped with a hacked version of Windows XP, namely Windows XP LSD in its
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3.5 version. That version of Windows and XDG don't provide exactly the same
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cursor states so most of them were mapped more or less gently to the nearest
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corresponding state. Some are completely missing, which explains the lack of
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cursors for zooming actions for instance.
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## Want to give a hand ?
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First, you can use the theme and give feedback ! If you have any information
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about the original license of the theme or a way to contact its makers, that
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would be great. You can also draw icons to fill the lacks of the original theme
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and make a pull request. Most wanted icons concern :
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* Zooming : completely missing from the original theme
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* Directions (double arrows are a bit overused and specialized version could be
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made to distinguish among all the possible cases)
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* the `default` (`left_ptr`, etc.) cursor usually exists with an additional
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pictogram in the lower-right corner to represent «working in the background»,
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or drag-and-drop related actions : copy, link or the impossibility to do so.
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Only the «working in the background» cursor existed in White.
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