Xcode 8

[smarison]

The steps to fix the cursor don't seem to work with Xcode 8...

Any timeframe on an Xcode 8 solution?

Thanks!!!

[orzzp]

same +1

[shaps80]

The DVTIbeamCursor no longer appears to exist.

[ebaker355]

Please see this thread: https://github.com/egold/better-xcode-ibeam-cursor/issues/16 Particularly, the comments from @cjheng regarding editing the Assets.car file using ThemeEngine.

When I tried to use ThemeEngine to edit the Assets.car file in Xcode 8, ThemeEngine crashed. Therefore, I have no way to create a binary patch to insert the modified cursor image.

Does anyone know how to edit that Assets.car file included with Xcode 8?

[shaps80]

I can open the current Xcode 8 Assets.car with ThemeEngine -- however it no longer appears to have the DVTIbeamCursor images from before. I also tried replacing the Assets.car with the Xcode 7.3.1 Assets.car with no luck

[allen-zeng]

ThemeEngine consistently crashes for me when opening Assets.car in Xcode 8. Did you figure out how to fix it?

[shaps80]

Seems to be working for me. I'll fork it tomorrow and send you the repo so you can try. I did have to fix the project but don't remember if it was something specific to a crash. More about getting Xcode issues out of the way.

Shaps

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On 21 Sep 2016, at 22:14, Allen Zeng [email protected] wrote:

ThemeEngine consistently crashes for me when opening Assets.car in Xcode 8. Did you figure out how to fix it?

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[cjheng]

I find that ThemeEngine crashes when attempting to open Assets.car on El Capitan, but it manages to open it when running on Sierra.

However, as @shaps80 mentioned, it doesn't appear to contain DVTIbeamCursor images.

[allen-zeng]

Ooh interesting.

I think the cursor is still in that file somewhere, it's just renamed to something else - because it does look slightly different from previous versions

[shaps80]

I am running Sierra too and it opens without issue as I mentioned. I didn't realise it was an issue with El Capitan. Interesting.

[shaps80]

The cursor in Xcode 8 is different but I couldn't see something that looked like it to me. Have you found it in the Assets.car file?

[cjheng]

Nothing caught my eye when I took a look at the files in Assets.car, but feel free to check again. I haven't spent much time looking since I'm still mainly using Xcode 7.3.1 and El Capitan at the moment.

[ebaker355]

I have searched thru all of the image files, and Assets.car files, included with Xcode 8, and I did not find the Ibeam cursor anywhere. (Its possible I missed it)

Additionally, I replaced Xcode8's Assets.car with the one from Xcode 7.3.1, then patched the file with the new Ibeam script. Xcode 8 still launched (surprisingly), but it did not use the updated Ibeam cursor. Wherever its pulling that cursor image from, its a totally new location than previous versions of Xcode.

I'm beginning to wonder if that cursor image has been removed from Xcode 8 completely.

[jwarrent]

I was also able to get ThemeEngine to compile in Xcode 8 on Sierra, but also couldn't locate the cursor graphic anywhere in or around the Assets.car file. Hopefully some saint can figure out where they've hidden this thing!

In the mean time, I've resorted to enlarging the cursor in the Accessibility options, haha.

[egold]

Sorry guys, it was a good ride while it lasted. Maybe in Xcode 9 they'll start letting us do stuff again. If anyone finds a workaround for Xcode 8, I'll buy you a beer. It seems like Xcode 8 is the hard-on-xcode-customizers release.

[JacobJT]

This is sad news. This was one of the few repos I used regularly :\ Why would they give 0 options for a dark theme friendly cursor?

[allen-zeng]

Well I think it's quite understandable, in a bad way. Because this seems to be the very least of Xcode's problems.

[trungnguyen1791]

Did you guys get any good news?

[alpriest]

I just used Mousecape to change my cursor and it seems to be working pretty well. Here's how I got it working on Xcode 8.1 and El Capitan 10.11.6.

1. Download Mousecape from https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape/releases/tag/0.0.5
2. Download the cursor from https://gist.github.com/alpriest/1fb8ab2c7406c7520b147a30f3f99c6b (this is the DVTIbeamCursor.tiff file built for Mousecape)
3. Run Mousecape and import the cursor
4. Apply the cursor

Unfortunately the modified cursor was lost after a reboot despite Mousecape being in my login items, but maybe it can be controlled from the command line.

[innocarpe]

@alpriest Thanks for your guidance! I finally changed my I-beam of Xcode in dark theme! Could you tell me how I can handle preventing modified cursor from being lost via command line?

[alpriest]

@kwosu87 I've not tried using the command line yet - it was just a thought, there's some suggestions on the Mousecape site though that may help to maintain the cursor after a reboot https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape/issues/64

[innocarpe]

@alpriest That's a good workaround! I applied that right away. Thanks!

[tallcoder]

Thanks for that ... that's working well. Pretty decent workaround.

[ebaker355]

@alpriest Fantastic! Thanks very much!

[ebaker355]

@cmako10: great find! I will experiment with it when I can to see if applying the patch in this repo will work (or if someone else on this thread beats me to it, please share!)

In the meantime, I’ve been using the Mousecape workaround detailed in this thread, with good results.

On Dec 24, 2016, 10:39 -0600, cmako10 [email protected], wrote:

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[wuhh1991]

@alpriest Thanks very much! That's working well on Xcode 8.2.1

[Televisorino]

@alpriest thank you, worked fine in Xcode 8.2.1 and macOS Sierra (for now).

[netzfreak]

With Mousecape on Sierra 10.12.3 / Xcode 8.2.1 works perfect - Thank you for this top tip !

[nouatzi]

Hi, when I try to compile (Base SDK: macOS 10.12), I got this:

Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_CGSIsCursorRegistered", referenced from:
      _MCIsCursorRegistered in MCDefs.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
Build failed    31/05/2017, 17:33

[dinnerdeal]

I have given up on this and just manually changed the background color from black to a dark dark gray instead and its helped enough.

[GJNilsen]

I made a cursor for Mousecape, because the modified I-beam tiff file was not as I wanted it on retina screens. It has probably something to do with my eyesight, it has deteriorated lately. Anyhow, the one I made works great for me, so maybe someone else could use it as well. local.taf.taf.526242442.390419.cape.zip

Mousecape is acting up a bit when trying to export a zip, but I have added the cursor images as well if anyone wants it.

ibeamImages.zip