diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
index 5288e47722..0bb20a306b 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.in])
+AC_INIT(configure.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ecore, 0.0.2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
@@ -79,14 +78,12 @@ AC_SUBST(x_includes)
 AC_SUBST(x_ldflags)
 AC_SUBST(x_libs)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([
+AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 ecore-config
 src/Makefile
 debian/Makefile
-])
-AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([default],[[
+], [
 chmod +x ecore-config
-
-]],[[]])
-AC_OUTPUT
+]
+)
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/Ecore.h b/legacy/ecore/src/Ecore.h
index cfc9346a50..0ad4396425 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/Ecore.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/Ecore.h
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ void                e_draw_rectangle(Drawable d, GC gc, int x, int y, int w,
 void                e_draw_line(Drawable d, GC gc, int x1, int y1, int x2,
 
 				int y2);
+void                e_draw_point(Drawable d, GC gc, int x, int y);
 void                e_window_hint_set_layer(Window win, int layer);
 void                e_window_hint_set_sticky(Window win, int sticky);
 void                e_window_hint_set_borderless(Window win);
@@ -290,6 +291,9 @@ Window              e_selection_request(void);
 Window              e_selection_set(char *string);
 
 void                e_set_blank_pointer(Window w);
+Cursor              e_cursor_new(Pixmap pmap, Pixmap mask, int x, int y, int fr, int fg, int fb, int br, int bg, int bb);
+void                e_cursor_free(Cursor c);
+void                e_cursor_set(Window win, Cursor c);
    
 typedef struct _eev Eevent;
 typedef struct _ev_fd_handler Ev_Fd_Handler;
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/e_x.c b/legacy/ecore/src/e_x.c
index 5b0f5ed2bd..e5c51c8c79 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/e_x.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/e_x.c
@@ -2364,6 +2364,12 @@ e_draw_line(Drawable d, GC gc, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2)
    XDrawLine(disp, d, gc, x1, y1, x2, y2);
 }
 
+void
+e_draw_point(Drawable d, GC gc, int x, int y)
+{
+   XDrawPoint(disp, d, gc, x, y);
+}
+
 void
 e_window_hint_set_layer(Window win, int layer)
 {
@@ -3082,6 +3088,8 @@ e_set_blank_pointer(Window w)
    GC gc;
    XGCValues gcv;
    
+   if (w == 0)
+     w = default_root;
    p = XCreatePixmap(disp, w, 1, 1, 1);
    m = XCreatePixmap(disp, w, 1, 1, 1);
    gc = XCreateGC(disp, m, 0, &gcv);
@@ -3094,3 +3102,35 @@ e_set_blank_pointer(Window w)
    XFreePixmap(disp, p);
    XFreePixmap(disp, m);
 }
+
+Cursor
+e_cursor_new(Pixmap pmap, Pixmap mask, int x, int y, int fr, int fg, int fb, int br, int bg, int bb)
+{
+   XColor cl1, cl2;
+   
+   cl1.pixel = 0;
+   cl1.red   = fr << 8 | fr;
+   cl1.green = fg << 8 | fg;
+   cl1.blue  = fb << 8 | fb;
+   cl1.flags = DoRed|DoGreen|DoBlue;
+   cl2.pixel = 0;
+   cl2.red   = br << 8 | br;
+   cl2.green = bg << 8 | bg;
+   cl2.blue  = bb << 8 | bb;
+   cl2.flags = DoRed|DoGreen|DoBlue;
+   return XCreatePixmapCursor(disp, pmap, mask, &cl1, &cl2, x, y);   
+}
+
+void
+e_cursor_free(Cursor c)
+{
+   XFreeCursor(disp, c);
+}
+
+void
+e_cursor_set(Window win, Cursor c)
+{
+   if (win == 0)
+     win = default_root;
+   XDefineCursor(disp, win, c);
+}