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XBANISH (1) General Commands Manual XBANISH (1)

NAME

xbanish — hide the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed

SYNOPSIS

xbanish [ -a ] [ -d ] [ -i modifier ] [ -m [

w ] nw|ne|sw|se ] [ -t seconds ] [ -s ]

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.

OPTIONS
-a

Always keep mouse cursor hidden while xbanish is running.

-d

Print debugging messages to stdout.

-i modifier

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.

-t seconds

Hide the mouse cursor after seconds have passed without mouse movement.

-s

Ignore scrolling events.

SEE ALSO

XFixes (3)

AUTHORS

xbanish was written by joshua stein < jcs@jcs.org >. Debian March 13, 2020$ XBANISH (1)

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