Re: [dev] [st] [PATCH] Hide X cursor when typing.

From: Martin Kopta <martin_AT_kopta.eu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 09:49:40 +0200

On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 09:22:52AM +0200, Colona wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 09:06:08AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> > Greetings.
> >
> > On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:06:08 +0200 Colona <colona_AT_ycc.fr> wrote:
> > > Add a new configuration variable, xcursorhide, to hide the X cursor when typing
> > > in the terminal. The cursor is displayed again when the mouse is moved.
> > > PointerMotionMask is disabled in bmotion (through xsetpointermotion()) to avoid
> > > high CPU usage when the mouse is moved all over the terminal window.
> >
> > Please add the patch to the wiki. This is not a feature for the main‐
> > line.
>
> I’m fine with that. If anyone has any interesting feedback, I’m still
> interested though!

Works brilliant! Even better than unclutter.

I was trying to archive some high CPU usage by moving the mouse around while
typing and I could get anything more than <1% of usage. Great work!

Received on Mon Jun 09 2014 - 09:49:40 CEST

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