Hi Aleksandrs! I’ll take a look into this. I use OpenBSD regularly, but I haven’t created a port before. However, I’ve been meaning to get around to learning :) I appreciate the links for where it has been packaged elsewhere.
Thanks, Eugene On Fri, Oct 16, 2026, at 03:06, Aleksandrs Stier wrote: > Hello, > > I am the maintainer of xhidecursor (https://github.com/astier/xhidecursor), a > minimal X11 utility that hides the cursor on key presses and shows it again > on mouse movement. It prioritizes a simple implementation and efficient event > processing, ignoring redundant input events. > > It is already available for Arch Linux through the AUR > (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xhidecursor), Void Linux > (https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/srcpkgs/xhidecursor/template), > and Slackware through SlackBuilds.org > (https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/misc/xhidecursor/). > > Over the last two releases, I’ve worked on OpenBSD portability by improving > the Makefile, and added OpenBSD pledge() support. > > Would anyone be interested in creating and maintaining an OpenBSD port? I > don’t use OpenBSD and cannot take on testing or port maintenance myself. > > Best regards, > Aleksandrs Stier >
