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    Cursors

    The full range of X-cursors is supported by gnocl. Here is a complete list of their names and on-screen appearance.

    xCursor

    arrow

    basedArrowDown

    basedUpDown

    boat

    bogosity

    bottomLeftCorner

    bottomRightCorner

    bottomSide

    bottomTee

    boxSpiral

    centerPtr

    circle

    clock

    coffeeMug

    cross

    crossReverse

    crosshair

    diamondCross

    dot

    dotbox

    doubleArrow

    draftLarge

    draftSmall

    drapedBox

    exchange

    fleur

    gobbler

    gumby

    hand1

    hand2

    heart

    icon

    ironCross

    leftPtr

    leftSide

    leftTee

    leftbutton

    llAngle

    lrAngle

    man

    middlebutton

    mouse

    pencil

    pirate

    plus

    questionArrow

    rightPtr

    rightSide

    rightTee

    rightbutton

    rtlLogo

    sailboat

    sbDownArrow

    sbHDoubleArrow

    sbLeftArrow

    sbRightArrow

    sbUpArrow

    sbVDoubleArrow

    shuttle

    sizing

    spider

    spraycan

    star

    target

    tcross

    topLeftArrow

    topLeftCorner

    topRightCorner

    topSide

    topTee

    trek

    ulAngle

    umbrella

    urAngle

    watch

    xterm

    last

    		 the previously displayed cursor

    blank

    		 blank out the cursor

    pixmap

    		 NB: to be implemented

    In most instances the pointer will changed whist an application is busy, and then restored to what ever the previous cursor was.  Although cursor management is ordinarily handled by the  Xlibraries, the Gtk environment provides access to cursors more suited to platform aesthetics. Most notably the 'watch' cursor will become and animated  spinner. The following code snippet illustrates how to use set/reset cursors for a busy task.

    -onActivate {
    [gnocl::winfo toplevel %w ] configure -cursor watch
    ...
    ...
    [gnocl::winfo toplevel %w ] configure -cursor last
    }


    }

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