Re: 4.2.99.3 pointer color red?

On Saturday 04 January 2003 06:14, Keith Packard wrote:
> Around 0 o'clock on Dec 31, Jeff Chua wrote:
> > How can I change "red" pointer color in XFree86 4.2.99.3?
>
> You can switch to another cursor theme with an X resource:
>
> Xcursor.theme: whiteglass
>
> will select the other theme provided in current XFree86 sources.
>
> I'm very interested in getting some more cursors for XFree86 4.3; I keep
> hoping we'll find someone able to do a better job than me.  I've solicited
> many people without success to date...

How would I change the cursor theme "on the fly", w/o restarting X? Preferably 
from within a program. I would like to add that option to KDE's kcontrol 
mouse module. And then, what do I have to check for to see if the installed 
XFree version supports those nice cursor themes?

Thanx in advance,
Fabian