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From: Mads Nørregaard-Madsen (MN_at_nuevolution.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 12:04:45 CDT

Hi John,

Well I don't have the same problem in e.g. Maestro - here the cursor turns into a small quadratic box and a yellow letter indicating the pick mode - A for atom, B for bonds etc. - works very nicely - always know what I'm picking.

Bright yellow and box shaped would be a much better layout for the cursor.

Br,
Mads

-----Original Message-----
From: John Stone [mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu]
Sent: 1. maj 2003 15:31
To: Mads Nørregaard-Madsen
Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: cursor size/shape in pick mode

Dear Mads,
  At present, there's no way to alter the shape of the VMD cursors at
runtime. The cursor can be changed in the source code, but even then
I'm afraid that the cursor's maximum size is restricted to 32x32 by
X11. So, it should be possible to make the cursor "bolder" or to make
the crosshairs thicker, but it will still seem very small on your
display. Thoughts?

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 10:43:32AM +0200, Mads Nrregaard-Madsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to change the look (size/shape/colour) of the cursor in pick mode? It is impossible se the tiny cross when I'm viewing stereo in 1736x1326 on my Linux RH9 box.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mads
>
>
> 

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