#629488 x11-xserver-utils: xsetroot man page -cursor_name cross ref

Package:
x11-xserver-utils
Source:
x11-xserver-utils
Description:
X server utilities
Submitter:
Kevin Ryde
Date:
2014-06-30 22:09:43 UTC
Severity:
minor
#629488#5
Date:
2011-06-07 01:55:40 UTC
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To:
The xsetroot man page says,

    -cursor_name cursorname
                             ...  Refer to appendix B of the X pro-
           tocol for the names (except that the XC_ prefix  is  elided  for
           this option).

But if I'm not mistaken the names are not in the X protocol manual
appendix B but instead the Xlib programmer's manual appendix B.

All this stuff is confusing enough to want good cross references.  For
debian the actual xlib manual file could be shown, to know exactly where
to look

    file:///usr/share/doc/libx11-dev/libX11.html#x_font_cursors
    /usr/share/doc/libx11-dev/libX11.txt.gz
#629488#10
Date:
2011-06-07 09:59:33 UTC
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To:
Hi,

please don't use maintonly.

Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> (07/06/2011):
appropriate solution, and we're in touch with them to make that work.
See for example:
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-June/022919.html

Mraw,
KiBi.
#629488#15
Date:
2011-06-11 00:06:40 UTC
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To:
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> writes:

Ah that'll be reportbug's idea of "minor".


I thought after that it may be easier to just list the cursor names in
the xsetroot page, since a user stands a good chance of not having the
library programming docs.  The list isn't terribly long.