Re: [dwm] Hide Inactive Mouse Pointer?

On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 07:58:17PM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> DWM Fans,
>
> Has anyone ever attempted, or would it even be possible, to create a patch
> that hides the mouse pointer after a period of inactivity. I've seen some
> programs do it. For example, if I run xine in fullscreen mode the mouse
> pointer vanishes shortly after xine starts. If the mouse, or in my case
> trackball, is moved, the pointer reappears. And if it's not moved for a
> short period of time, it vanishes again. I'd love to have similar
> functionality with DWM itself. I frequently move the mouse pointer to the
> lower right hand side of the screen where it's barely visible.
>
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> Kevin
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>
> Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
> Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!!

You might want to check out unclutter [0].

[0] http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/X11/contrib/utilities/unclutter-8.tar.gz

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