How about this as a project? Convert lxcursor, written in bash, into a python script. Any of you python guys want to tackle it?
This is the script in bash:
#!/bin/bash
#
# lxcursor 0.2
#
# based on pcursor 0.1 by wow <rockingfreak@gmail.com>
#
# Purpose: Change the default X cursor theme
#
# by Neal <nealbrks0@gmail.com>
# pinoc: changed to work with zenity and new bash 4
#
# temp folder
if [ ! -d $HOME/.config/tmp ]; then mkdir -p $HOME/.config/tmp; fi
LIST="$HOME/.config/tmp/lst01"
# delete old theme list
if [ -f "$LIST" ]; then rm -f "$LIST";fi
# create icon-theme list
CURSORLIST=`ls -d /usr/share/icons/*/cursors`
for i in $CURSORLIST; do echo $i | cut -d/ -f5 >> "$LIST";done
# define GUI
cd /tmp
echo 'XX=$(zenity --title "Select a Cursor Theme" --text "Please select the new cursor theme or press Cancel to quit.\nNOTE: you must logout to apply the new cursor theme\!" --list --height 300 --radiolist --column "Select" --column "Cursor Theme" ' > tt1
cat $LIST |sed 's/^/FALSE /' >> tt1
echo ');' >> tt1 && cat tt1 |tr "\n" " " > tt2 && echo "#"'!/bin/bash' > tt0
cat tt2 >> tt0 && echo ' ' >> tt0 && echo 'echo $XX > tt3' >> tt0
chmod u+x tt0 && /tmp/tt0 && LXC_SELECT=`less tt3`
# check if a new theme was selected and if so, apply it
if [ "$LXC_SELECT" == "" ];then # just quit
zenity --title "lxcursor" --info --text="Cursor theme unchanged."
exit 0
else # apply the new cursor theme and logout
if [ -d $HOME/.icons/default ]; then rm -rf $HOME/.icons/default; fi
if [ ! -d $HOME/.icons ]; then mkdir -p $HOME/.icons; fi
ln -fs /usr/share/icons/$LXC_SELECT $HOME/.icons/default
lxde-logout
fi
exit 0
