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.
>
>
>
>
> Kevin
> http://www.RawFedDogs.net
> http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org
> Bruceville, TX
>
> 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

-- 
James Turner
BSD Group Consulting
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