X.org's Cursor is not informative (by letting the user know that some process  
is started) for the user. It would be great if you could implement a command to  
make the "Global" mouse cursor/pointer change when called from a script, or  
application. This feature will save a lot of code to be written to make the X  
cursor change its shape, which is required by many libraries like GTK, QT, etc. 
to inform the user of 'starting of an application' or 'a process is started' or 
'wait for this process to complete.'   
  
example of Cursor change using xCursorSet:  
  
1. xcursorset -watch (set busyCursor shape as in the Cursor Theme)  
2. xcursorset -left_ptr (set normal cursor shape) 
3. xcursorset -hand (set hand shape, used mostly on links) 
4. xcursorset -question_arrow (? mark shape) 
 
likewise it would be great to have all the shape change with the command, which 
are present in the icons/ folder.  
  
  
when an application is executed (run) by clicking on it, the mouse pointer  
should change it's shape to 'busy' or 'pointer busy'.   
  
Example: where it should turn busy (on click or by command executed by the  
application or script)  
  
1. on links like http:// ftp:// smb:// in a browser  
2. when a .desktop link is clicked (executed)  
3. when a script calls 'xset -setBusyCursor' to signify that it is busy with  
something and it will take a long time.  
  
I tried reporting this bug to KDE people, they said that it is nothing to do 
with KDE but with X. Please have a look at 
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103856 
 
Thank you!