xbanish — hide the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed
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Description
xbanish hides the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed. The cursor is shown again when it is moved or
a mouse button is pressed. This is similar to the xterm(1) setting pointerMode but the effect is global
in the X11 session.
Name
xbanish — hide the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed
Options
-a Always keep mouse cursor hidden while xbanish is running.
-d Print debugging messages to stdout.
-imodifier
Ignore pressed key if modifier is used. Modifiers are: shift, lock (CapsLock), control, mod1
(Alt or Meta), mod2 (NumLock), mod3 (Hyper), mod4 (Super, Windows, or Command), mod5 (ISO Level 3
Shift), and all-m [w]nw|ne|sw|se
When hiding the mouse cursor, move it to this corner of the screen or current window, then move
it back when showing the cursor.
-tseconds
Hide the mouse cursor after seconds have passed without mouse movement.
-s Ignore scrolling events.
See Also
XFixes(3)
Synopsis
xbanish [-a] [-d] [-imodifier] [-m [w]nw|ne|sw|se] [-tseconds] [-s]
