Pen cursor in Xournal

If anyone else is still having trouble with this, you can change the cursor type in settings now.

For Xournal++:

Edit > Preferences > View > Cursor

For the original Xournal:

Options > Pencil Cursor

I found the following work around from 2010:

change the following lines in ~/.xournal/config

highlighter_opacity=.99
startup_tool=highlighter
highlighter_color=black
highlighter_thicknesses=0.85;1.41;2.26

This changes the default tool to highlighter, makes the color black, opaque and gives it the same thicknesses as the pen tool.

Here's where this was suggested:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xournal/forums/forum/554376/topic/3867709?message=8665099

Maybe I should submit a feature request.