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I thought this would be easy to find, but a google search has been very unhelpful. Is there a simple api to change the mouse cursor in your X window? (I know in windows you can just call "SetCursor")

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Looks like the equivalent of a SetCursor call is XDefineCursor. You can get a Cursor id by calling XCreateFontCursor and passing in one of the shapes from X11/cursorfont.h.

Troubadour
There's more details on these at http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/pixmap-and-cursor/cursor.html
alanc