[xmonad] Re: [PATCH] XMonad: set the default root cursor to XC_left_ptr

[Matthias Kilian]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 02:55:20PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > You can always set the cursor from your .xsession or .xinitrc using
> > xsetroot(1) before starting xmonad (or any other window manager).
> 
> Yep, and some display managers also set it.  However, my opinion is
> that xmonad should be setting it.  If people feel differently, I'd like
> to hear why.

Well, because you can set it elsewhere, and some people may want
to use another cursor. The natural way to do so is to configure
your X startup scripts, because it's WM independent.

Why add code to xmonad when it's not necessary?

Personally, I'm sometimes playing with and comparing different WMs
(stuff like xmonad, scrotwm, ratpoison), and I'm *used* to get the
cursor I like without tweaking the WM configuration first.

Ciao,
	Kili