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   Hollow Pointers and Jacketed Hollow Pointers
         by Robert LaThanh of PearlMagik
  
            http://www.pearlmagik.com/

(C) Copyright 2000 PearlMagik, All Rights Reserved
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==== Introduction ====
I just thought it would be neat to have pointers that were hollow, so I made
some. Most were just modified from built-in cursors. I especially think the
hourglasses look much cooler with transparency, I don't understand why they
aren't like that in the first place. There are two sets of cursors, Hollow
Pointers (HP) and Jacketed Hollow Pointers (JHP). The HP cursors are hollow
cursors with inverted borders. The JHP cursors are hollow cursors with a
double gray-black border.


==== License Information ====
These pointers are free to use and distribute. Also, feel free to modify and
distribute them. You could claim them as your own work but that'd be lying
now, wouldn't it? Your moral values will guide your actions =)


==== Hollow Pointers ====
The majority of these cursors are created with a inverted-border. That is,
the outline of the cursor (almost) always take a color that is opposite of
what's under it. This set has two downsides: (1) Most cursors do not cast a
shadow (for Microsoft Windows 2000(TM) users) (2) Some cursors will
disappear when over a certain shade of gray.


pm_hp_arrow.cur  Normal Select: Your standard issue arrow
pm_hp_help.cur   Help Select: Arrow with question mark
pm_hp_wait.cur   Working: Arrow with hourglass
pm_hp_busy.cur   Busy: Hourglass

pm_hp_cross.cur  Precision Select: Crosshairs
pm_hp_beam.cur   Text Select: I-Beam with crossbar
pm_hp_pen.cur    Handwriting: A pen
pm_hp_no.cur     Unavailable: When you can't use your mouse

pm_hp_lsns.cur   Vertical (North/South) resize
pm_hp_lswe.cur   Horizontal (West/East) resize
pm_hp_lsnwse.cur Diagonal 1 (\) resize
pm_hp_lsnesw.cur Diagonal 2 (/) resize
pm_hp_move.cur   Move: When moving windows

pm_hp_up.cur     Alternate Select: Vertical Arrow
pm_hp_hand.cur   Link Select: The famous Internet hand, now transparent!


==== Jacketed Hollow Pointers ====
This set was designed to never disappear over any background. They have a
light-gray inner-layer, black outer-layer, and of course a hollow center.
Because of the extra layer, these pointers are slightly larger than the
standard pointers. It isn't complete, though; it doesn't contain a cursor of
each type, just the most-used ones. These are also pointer shadow compatible.

The pointers in this set have the same descriptions as the Hollow Pointers.
The pointers that aren't in this set can be substituted by those in the
other set, especially those that wouldn't be different anyway (Busy,
Precision Select, Text Select, etc).

pm_jhp_arrow.cur Normal Select
pm_jhp_help.cur  Help Select
pm_jhp_wait.cur  Working

pm_jhp_up.cur    Alternate Select
pm_jhp_hand.cur  Link Select


==== System Requirements ====
Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/etc
(I don't know if any other operating systems support this .cur format, but
if they do, then I guess these should work there, too.)


==== Installation ====
1: Extract the cursor files to a location on your hard-drive of your choice.
You can put them with the rest of Windows' cursors which is most likely
C:\Windows\cursors\ (for Win9x/ME) or C:\WinNT\cursors\ (for WinNT/2000)

2: Open up your Mouse Properties: [Start]->Settings->Control Panel, Mouse
Properties) and click on the Poiners tab.

3: Depending on which set you chose, double-click (or click once, then
click on [Browse] on each cursor, browse to the location you extracted them
to, and choose the appropriate one.

4: When you're done, you can save the scheme by clicking on [Save As...],
that way you can switch to and from the set easily.

5: Click [OK] and your pointers will take effect.