From e04e4746250d0119df8e776833085f2257c9d129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdulkaiz Khatri <24286590+ful1e5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:58:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Update build from source instruction
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README.md | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d31a5cd..0dfcb6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,22 +4,17 @@ Extended KDE cursor, Highly inspired on **KDE Breeze** for `Windows` and `Linux`
[](https://github.com/ful1e5/BreezeX_Cursor/actions/workflows/build.yml)
-## BreezeX needs your Input
+## Notes
-Until 2021 my cursors projects were well funded by [pling.com](https://www.pling.com) but since the
-[pling-factor](https://www.pling.com/terms/payout) on the website has decreased and monthly payments
-are <500$, It is now dependent on community funding and sponsorships. If you want to help me to maintain
-BreezeX and my other open source projects actively, consider sponsoring my work on [GitHub Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/ful1e5)
-or DM me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ful1e5) if your company would like to support my projects,
-I will gladly look into it and post your avatar in the project's README.
+- All cursor's SVG files are found in [svg](./svg) directory or you can also find them on [Figma](https://www.figma.com/design/Uo4LeHvFUPDgoqLjnFc1LB/BreezeX?node-id=2620-3&t=7QqTBQ4MOqXONrGI-1).
-I appreciate all the wonderful people who patronize and sponsoring my work.
+
-## Sponsors
+
-
-
-N/A
+- **2024-07-01**: [b9d526d](https://github.com/ful1e5/BreezeX_Cursor/commit/b9d526df48ac582ea80b7b6329da903f2760e046) 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`.
---
@@ -27,14 +22,12 @@ N/A


-> **Note**
-> All cursor's `.svg` files are found in [svg](./svg) directory or you can also find them on
-> [Figma](https://www.figma.com/file/Uo4LeHvFUPDgoqLjnFc1LB/BreezeX?node-id=0%3A1).
-
## Cursor Sizes
### Xcursor Sizes:
+16
+20
22
24
28
@@ -50,27 +43,30 @@ N/A
### Windows Cursor Size:
-- 16x16 - Small
-- 24x24 - Regular
-- 32x32 - Large
-- 48x48 - Extra Large
+| 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:
+## Colors
### BreezeX Dark
-- Base Color - `#4D4D4D` (Breeze)
-- Outline Color - `#FFFFFF` (White)
+- Outline Color - `#FFFFFF` (White)
+- Base Color - `#4D4D4D` (Breeze)
### BreezeX Light
-- Base Color - `#FFFFFF` (White)
-- Outline Color - `#4D4D4D` (Breeze)
+- Outline Color - `#4D4D4D` (Breeze)
+- Base Color - `#FFFFFF` (White)
### BreezeX Black
-- Base Color - `#000000` (Black)
-- Outline Color - `#FFFFFF` (White)
+- Outline Color - `#FFFFFF` (White)
+- Base Color - `#000000` (Black)
## How to get it
@@ -125,79 +121,71 @@ Run the `uninstall.bat` script packed with the `.zip` archive
## Build From Source
-#### Notes
-
-- BreezeX build configuration and cursor hotspot settings are bundled in the `build.toml` file.
-- Check out the scripts section in [package.json](./package.json) to see how we build the cursor theme,
- excluding the render scripts. They are useful for converting `.svg` files to `.png` files.
-- yarn is optional, For building XCursors and Windows cursors from `.png` files or resizing them
- you don't need that. If you want to develop/modify BreezeX's colors, and bitmaps, or generate a png
- file from a svg, Then you can use yarn because bitmapper is written in TypeScript.
-- Since BreezeX variants are designed similarly, they share the same hotspot settings so a
- single configuration file `build.toml` is responsible for building all variants. Due to this, you will have
- to change the following options in `ctgen` to build the appropriate variant:
- - **-d**: bitmaps directory
- - **-n**: The name you want to give to the generated theme.
- - **-c**: Theme comment.
- - See `ctgen --help` for all available options.
-
-### Build prerequisites
+### Prerequisites
-- Python version 3.7 or higher
-- [clickgen](https://github.com/ful1e5/clickgen)>=2.1.2 (`pip install clickgen`)
-- [yarn](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn)
+- Python version 3.7 or higher
+- [clickgen](https://github.com/ful1e5/clickgen)>=2.2.5 (`pip install clickgen`)
+- [yarn](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn)
### Quick start
-1. Install [build prerequisites](#build-prerequisites) on your system
+1. Install [build prerequisites](#prerequisites) on your system
2. `git clone https://github.com/ful1e5/BreezeX_Cursor`
-3. `cd BreezeX_Cursor && yarn build`
-4. See [Installing BreezeX Cursor](#installing-breezex-cursor).
+3. `cd BreezeX_Cursor`
+4. `yarn install`
+5. `yarn generate`
+6. See [Installing BreezeX Cursor](#installing-breezex-cursor).
+
+### Getting Started
+
+Once you have the [build prerequisites](#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](https://github.com/ful1e5/cbmp): Used for customizing colors and generating PNG files.
+- [ctgen](https://github.com/ful1e5/clickgen): Used for customizing sizes and building XCursor and Windows Cursors.
-### Building
+You can refer to the README of each tool for more information on their command-line options.
-> **Note**
-> Bitmaps are already generated in the `bitmaps` directory and **managed by the maintainer**
-> (do not edit them directly).
+#### Crafting Your BreezeX Cursor
-First make sure you installed the [build prerequisites](#build-prerequisites).
-Now that you have the dependencies, you can try build individual themes from bitmaps and
-customize sizes, target platform, and etc. with the `ctgen` CLI (packed with `clickgen`).
+The process of creating custom cursor themes involves two main steps:
-#### `yarn build` aberration
+1. Rendering SVG files to PNG files.
+2. Building cursor themes from PNG files.
-Here are the default commands we used to build the BreezeX's variants and packed them into `yarn build`:
+#### Customize Colors
+
+`cbmp` provides three options for changing colors:
+
+1. `-bc`: Base color, which replaces the `#00FF00` color in the SVG.
+2. `-oc`: Outlined color, which replaces the `#0000FF` color in the SVG.
+3. `-wc` (optional): Watch Background color, which replaces the `#FF0000` color in the SVG.
```bash
-ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Dark' -n 'BreezeX-Dark' -c 'BreezeX Dark cursors.'
-ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Light' -n 'BreezeX-Light' -c 'BreezeX Light cursors.'
-ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Black' -n 'BreezeX-Black' -c 'BreezeX Black cursors.'
+npx cbmp [...] -bc '' -oc '' -wc ''
```
-Afterwards, the themes can be found in the `themes` directory.
+Alternatively, you can provide a JSON configuration file to render SVG files, which contains a sequence of `cbmp` commands:
-#### Customize Sizes
+```bash
+npx cbmp render.json
+```
-> **Note**
-> You can change the cursor size up to 200 because pngs are rendered with 200x200.
-> If the cursor is resized by more than rendered png size, the final cursor will be blurred.
+#### Customize Sizes
##### Customize Windows Cursor size
To build Windows cursor with size `16`:
-> **Warning**
-> Windows cursor supports only one size, if multiple sizes are given with `-s` the first size will
-> be considered in build.
-
```bash
-ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Light' -n 'BreezeX-Light' -c 'White BreezeX cursors with size 16'
+ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Dark' -n 'BreezeX-Dark' -c 'Extended Breeze XCursors with size 16'
```
You can also customize output directory with `-o` option:
```bash
-ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Light' -o 'out' -n 'BreezeX-Light' -c 'White BreezeX cursors with size 16'
+ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Dark' -o 'out' -n 'BreezeX-Dark' -c 'Extended Breeze Windows Cursors with size 16'
```
##### Customize XCursor size
@@ -205,43 +193,27 @@ ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Light' -o 'out' -n 'Breeze
To build XCursor with size `16`:
```bash
-ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p x11 -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Light' -n 'BreezeX-Light' -c 'White BreezeX cursors with size 16'
+ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p x11 -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Dark' -n 'BreezeX-Dark' -c 'Extended Breeze XCursors with size 16'
```
You can also assign multiple sizes to `ctgen` for XCursors build:
```bash
-ctgen build.toml -s 16 24 32 -p x11 -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Light' -n 'BreezeX-Light' -c 'White BreezeX cursors with size 16'
-```
-
-#### Customize Colors
-
-To customize BreezeX's color you have to install node dependencies with `yarn install` command.
-After installing dependencies you can customize the colors via `npx cbmp` Node CLI App which packed with
-[cbmp](https://github.com/ful1e5/cbmp) node package.
-
-##### `yarn render` aberration
-
-Here are the default commands we used for generating the BreezeX's bitmaps and packed them into `yarn render`:
-
-```bash
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Dark' -bc '#4D4D4D' -oc '#FFFFFF'
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Light' -bc '#FFFFFF' -oc '#4D4D4D'
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Black' -bc '#000000' -oc '#FFFFFF'
+ctgen build.toml -s 16 18 24 32 -p x11 -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Dark' -n 'BreezeX-Dark' -c 'Extended Breeze XCursors with multi-sizes'
```
#### Examples
-Lets generate modern BreezeX with green base color and black outline:
+Lets generate BreezeX Cursor with green and black colors:
```bash
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Hacker' -bc '#00FE00' -oc '#000000'
+npx cbmp -d 'svg' -o 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Hacker' -bc '#00FE00' -oc '#000000'
```
After rendering custom color you have to build cursor through `ctgen`:
```bash
-ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Hacker' -n 'BreezeX-Hacker' -c 'Green and black BreezeX cursors.'
+ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Hacker' -n 'BreezeX-Hacker' -c 'Green and Black BreezeX cursors.'
```
Afterwards, Generated theme can be found in the `themes` directory.
@@ -249,31 +221,40 @@ Afterwards, Generated theme can be found in the `themes` directory.
###### BreezeX Gruvbox
```bash
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Gruvbox' -bc '#282828' -oc '#EBDBB2'
+npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Gruvbox' -bc '#282828' -oc '#EBDBB2'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Gruvbox' -n 'BreezeX-Gruvbox' -c 'Groovy BreezeX cursors.'
```
###### BreezeX Solarized Dark
```bash
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Solarized-Dark' -bc '#002b36' -oc '#839496'
+npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Solarized-Dark' -bc '#002b36' -oc '#839496'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Solarized-Dark' -n 'BreezeX-Solarized-Dark' -c 'Solarized Dark BreezeX cursors.'
```
###### BreezeX Solarized Light
```bash
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Solarized-Light' -bc '#839496' -oc '#002b36'
+npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Solarized-Light' -bc '#839496' -oc '#002b36'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Solarized-Light' -n 'BreezeX-Solarized-Light' -c 'Solarized Light BreezeX cursors.'
```
###### BreezeX Dracula
```bash
-npx cbmp -d 'svg' -n 'BreezeX-Dracula' -bc '#282a36' -oc '#f8f8f2'
+npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaas/BreezeX-Dracula' -bc '#282a36' -oc '#f8f8f2'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/BreezeX-Dracula' -n 'BreezeX-Dracula' -c 'Dracula BreezeX 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.
+
+- [Cursor-Test](https://vibhorjaiswal.github.io/Cursor-Test/)
+- [Mozilla CSS Cursor](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/cursor)
+
+For a blueprint for creating XCursors, you may also want to refer to [Cursor-demo](https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Cursor+demo).
+
## Bugs
Bugs should be reported [here](https://github.com/ful1e5/BreezeX_Cursor/issues) on the Github issues page.