banana-cursor

A cursor was requested by u/JMT37. It is the most unique cursor ever crafted in Linux history.

Notes

All cursor's SVG files are found in svg directory or you can also find them on Figma.

2024-07-21: 04eb3aa Partitioned cursor build configuration into multiple files according to platform: build.toml -> configs/win_lg.build.toml, configs/win_rg.build.toml, configs/win_xl.build.toml, configs/x.build.toml.

Cursor Sizes

Xcursor Sizes:

16 20 22 24 28 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96

Windows Cursor Size:

size	Regular (× ²⁄₃)	Large (× ⁴⁄₅)	Extra-Large (× 1)
32	21.333 → 22	25.6 → 26	32
48	32	38.4 → 39	48
64	42.666 → 43	51.2 → 52	64
96	64	76.8 → 77	96
128	85.333 → 86	102.4 → 103	128

Colors

Banana

Base Color - #FCD900 (Yellow)
Outline Color - #6D3C1B (Brown)

Banana Green

Base Color - #54F851 (Green)
Outline Color - #0C2608 (Dark Green)

Banana Blue

Base Color - #64CDCD (Blue)
Outline Color - #0E2026 (Dark Blue)

Banana Red

Base Color - #E16C6C (Red)
Outline Color - #1B0707 (Dark Red)

How to get it

Easiest Way

You can download latest stable & development releases from Release Page.

Installing Banana Cursor

Linux/X11

Installation:

tar -xvf Banana.tar.gz                   # extract `Banana.tar.gz`
mv Banana ~/.icons/                      # Install to local users
sudo mv Banana /usr/share/icons/         # Install to all users

Uninstallation:

rm ~/.icons/Banana                       # Remove from local users
sudo rm /usr/share/icons/Banana          # Remove from all users

Windows

Installation:

Unzip .zip file
Open unziped directory in Explorer, and right click on install.inf.
Click 'Install' from the context menu, and authorize the modifications to your system.
Open Control Panel > Personalization and Appearance > Change mouse pointers, and select Banana Cursors.
Click 'Apply'.

Uninstallation:

Run the uninstall.bat script packed with the .zip archive

OR follow these steps:

Go to Registry Editor by typing the same in the start search box.
Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder and expand Control Panel folder.
Go to Cursors folder and click on Schemes folder - all the available custom cursors that are installed will be listed here.
Right Click on the name of cursor file you want to uninstall; for eg.: Banana Cursors and click Delete.
Click 'yes' when prompted.

Build From Source

Prerequisites

Python version 3.7 or higher
clickgen>=2.2.5 (pip install clickgen)
yarn

Quick start

Install build prerequisites on your system
git clone https://github.com/ful1e5/banana-cursor
cd banana-cursor
yarn install
yarn generate
See Installing Banana Cursor.

Getting Started

Once you have the build prerequisites installed, You can personalize colors, customize sizes, change target platforms, and more. This process involves using external tools, as this repository only contains SVG files and configuration for these tools:

cbmp: Used for customizing colors and generating PNG files.
ctgen: Used for customizing sizes and building XCursor and Windows Cursors.

You can refer to the README of each tool for more information on their command-line options.

Crafting Your Banana Cursor

The process of creating custom cursor themes involves two main steps:

Rendering SVG files to PNG files.
Building cursor themes from PNG files.

Customize Colors

cbmp provides three options for changing colors:

-bc: Base color, which replaces the #00FF00 color in the SVG.
-oc: Outlined color, which replaces the #0000FF color in the SVG.
-wc (optional): Watch Background color, which replaces the #FF0000 color in the SVG.

npx cbmp [...] -bc "<hex>" -oc "<hex>" -wc "<hex>"

Alternatively, you can provide a JSON configuration file to render SVG files, which contains a sequence of cbmp commands:

npx cbmp render.json

Customize Sizes

Customize Windows Cursor size

To build Windows cursor with size 16:

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d "bitmaps/Banana" -n "Banana" -c "The Banana XCursors with size 16"

You can also customize output directory with -o option:

ctgen configs/win_xl.build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d "bitmaps/Banana" -o "out" -n "Banana" -c "The Banana Windows Cursors with size 16"

Customize XCursor size

To build XCursor with size 16:

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -s 16 -p x11 -d "bitmaps/Banana" -n "Banana" -c "The Banana XCursors with size 16"

You can also assign multiple sizes to ctgen for XCursors build:

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -s 16 18 24 32 -p x11 -d "bitmaps/Banana" -n "Banana" -c "The Banana XCursors with size 16"

Examples

Lets generate Banana Cursor with green and black colors:

npx cbmp -d "svg" -o "bitmaps/Banana-Hacker" -bc "#00FE00" -oc "#000000"

After rendering custom color you have to build cursor through ctgen:

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Hacker" -n "Banana-Hacker" -c "Green and Black Banana XCursors."

Afterwards, Generated theme can be found in the themes directory.

Banana Gruvbox

npx cbmp -d "svg" -o "bitmaps/Banana-Gruvbox" -bc "#282828" -oc "#EBDBB2"

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Gruvbox" -n "Banana-Gruvbox" -c "Groovy Banana XCursors."
ctgen configs/win_rg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Gruvbox" -n "Banana-Gruvbox" -c "Groovy Banana Windows Regular Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_lg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Gruvbox" -n "Banana-Gruvbox" -c "Groovy Banana Windows Large Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_xl.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Gruvbox" -n "Banana-Gruvbox" -c "Groovy Banana Windows Extra Large Cursors."

Banana Solarized Dark

npx cbmp -d "svg" -o "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Dark" -bc "#002b36" -oc "#839496"

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Dark" -n "Banana-Solarized-Dark" -c "Solarized Dark Banana XCursors."
ctgen configs/win_rg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Dark" -n "Banana-Solarized-Dark" -c "Solarized Dark Banana Windows Regular Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_lg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Dark" -n "Banana-Solarized-Dark" -c "Solarized Dark Banana Windows Large Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_xl.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Dark" -n "Banana-Solarized-Dark" -c "Solarized Dark Banana Windows Extra Large Cursors."

Banana Solarized Light

npx cbmp -d "svg" -o "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Light" -bc "#839496" -oc "#002b36"

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Light" -n "Banana-Solarized-Light" -c "Solarized Light Banana XCursors."
ctgen configs/win_rg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Light" -n "Banana-Solarized-Light" -c "Solarized Light Banana Windows Regular Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_lg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Light" -n "Banana-Solarized-Light" -c "Solarized Light Banana Windows Large Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_xl.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Solarized-Light" -n "Banana-Solarized-Light" -c "Solarized Light Banana Windows Extra Large Cursors."

Banana Dracula

npx cbmp -d "svg" -o "bitmaas/Banana-Dracula" -bc "#282a36" -oc "#f8f8f2"

ctgen configs/x.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Dracula" -n "Banana-Dracula" -c "Dracula Banana XCursors."
ctgen configs/win_rg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Dracula" -n "Banana-Dracula" -c "Dracula Banana Windows Regular Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_lg.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Dracula" -n "Banana-Dracula" -c "Dracula Banana Windows Large Cursors."
ctgen configs/win_xl.build.toml -d "bitmaps/Banana-Dracula" -n "Banana-Dracula" -c "Dracula Banana Windows Extra Large Cursors."

Testing Cursor

There are several websites that allow you to test your cursor states by hovering over buttons. This can be very useful when developing or verifying the behavior of a cursor. The following websites cover many of the most commonly used cursors, although they may not include all available options.

For a blueprint for creating XCursors, you may also want to refer to Cursor-demo.

Bugs

Bugs should be reported here on the Github issues page.

Getting Help

You can create a issue, I will help you.

Contributing

Check CONTRIBUTING.md, any suggestions for features and contributions to the continuing code masterelopment can be made via the issue tracker or code contributions via a Fork & Pull requests.

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