[PLASMA 5] Unable to build custom cursor from SVG

[Grahm]

I downloaded the breeze-Plasma-5.18 from invent.kde.org . Then tried to build a custom cursor theme from the source files. I modified the source SVG to accommodate the changes. Sadly, the build fails and I do not know why.

The script runs and there is almost no output. The script checks the requirements for build and says Ok, it also creates the folders. But when it fails to generate cursor files from the SVG. I am attaching the custom SVG I created to this post. If possible, kindly help me build it. Thanks.

[Grahm]

Technically, all we have to do is replace the SVG and run build.sh . If anyone can try with my SVG file that would be nice.

[Don B. Cilly]

I put your SVG in the breeze-master root.
Changed to breeze-master/cursors/Breeze/ (where build.sh is).
Ran ./build.sh (I made it executable, it wasn't).

$ ./build.sh
Checking Requirements... DONE
Making Folders... DONE
Generating simple cursor pixmaps... DONE
Generating animated cursor pixmaps... DONE
Generating cursor theme... DONE
Generating shortcuts... DONE
Copying Theme Index... DONE
COMPLETE!

(took about one sec.)

Under breeze-master/cursors/Breeze/Breeze/ I then had an index.theme and a cursors folder, containing 113 items, for a total of 2.6 MB.
Compressed, that folder comes to 275 KB. Would you like it?

[EDIT]
I looked at the script. The modified SVG is supposed to go in the src folder.
So I did that. and the script does go BOOM.
It just keeps spitting out "** (inkscape:13163): WARNING **: 19:39:19.748: Unknown LPE type specified, LPE stack effectively disabled" and generates no cursors.
Now, groogling that warning does not give much hope.

Sorry, can't help, really. :·/

[Grahm]

I see. Thanks for the effort. Then it has to be something with the SVG. Any chance we can get someone to attend this ?

LPE is Live Path Effect in Inkscape. Here I used it to add fillet / curve to shard edges.

[Grahm]

I have removed all LPEs in this attached file. If you don't mind, kindly give it another try. Thanks.

[Don B. Cilly]

That seems to work

08:29 not@all:~/Documents/var/code/testing/breeze-master/cursors/Breeze$ ./build.sh
Checking Requirements... DONE
Making Folders... DONE
Generating simple cursor pixmaps... DONE
Generating animated cursor pixmaps... DONE
Generating cursor theme... DONE
Generating shortcuts... DONE
Copying Theme Index... DONE
COMPLETE!
08:37 not@all:~/Documents/var/code/testing/breeze-master/cursors/Breeze$

I left the whole host & path just to show... it took some 8 minutes :·)
During which it was showing progress, but overwriting it.

Doesn't it work there? Do you run it from konsole?

[Grahm]

You are awesome. Sadly, it didn't work for me. Not sure why.

It would be nice if I can have the Breeze cursor folder. Thanks.

Tried just now. It goes on like this

$ ./build.sh
Checking Requirements... DONE
Making Folders... DONE
Unknown option -f cursor pixmaps... alias
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f cursor pixmaps... all-scroll
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f cursor pixmaps... bottom_left_corner
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f cursor pixmaps... bottom_right_corner
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f
Unknown option -f cursor pixmaps... bottom_side

[Grahm]

@Don.B.Silly May I know your Inkscape version ? I am using 1.0.

[Don B. Cilly]

Inkscape is v. 0.92.3
I can't seem to find a way to attach a file to a private message (and .tar.gz is invalid), so... here goes.

Breeze.zip

[claydoh]

You are awesome. Sadly, it didn't work for me. Not sure why.

It would be nice if I can have the Breeze cursor folder. Thanks.

Tried just now. It goes on like this

The reply to your post on reddit is probably very relevant. if the script is just old enough, and your inkscape is very recent, the '-f' option used in may be keeping it from running successfully. Maybe look at the text of the build.sh file, which is listed as being three years old.
Don is probably using Neon, ie 18.04's version of Inkscape.

Try editing the script to remove all instances of '-f' in any lines that also contain inkscape (and only on those lines), save, and and try it again.

[Grahm]

Inkscape is v. 0.92.3
I can't seem to find a way to attach a file to a private message (and .tar.gz is invalid), so... here goes.

[ATTACH]8943[/ATTACH]

Thank you. It works

[Grahm]

The reply to your post on reddit is probably very relevant. if the script is just old enough, and your inkscape is very recent, the '-f' option used in may be keeping it from running successfully. Maybe look at the text of the build.sh file, which is listed as being three years old.
Don is probably using Neon, ie 18.04's version of Inkscape.

Try editing the script to remove all instances of '-f' in any lines that also contain inkscape (and only on those lines), save, and and try it again.

Thanks. I will try.

[Grahm]

Now it shows

$ ./build.sh
Checking Requirements... DONE
Making Folders... DONE
Unknown option -e cursor pixmaps... alias
Unknown option -e
Unknown option -e
Unknown option -e cursor pixmaps... all-scroll
Unknown option -e
Unknown option -e
Unknown option -e cursor pixmaps... bottom_left_corner

I think the only way is to use a system with 0.92 version of Inkscape.

[Don B. Cilly]

Goody gumdrops
Just blind luck that the only person who tried it (me ;·) had a version of Inkscape old enough for it to work, eh? :·)

[Grahm]

I was working on this since some time. So happy that I could finally use it.

And yes, lucky enough