[dev] hidcur: Utility for hiding the mouse cursor in X11

2011-10-04 Thread Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez
Hello, In case someone is interested, I wrote this little utility in C: https://github.com/jimenezrick/hidcur It hides the mouse cursor whenever is idle. A good excuse for me to try XCB and to learn a little about X11. Inspired by: - unclutter: http://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/unclutter-8.

Re: [dev] hidcur: Utility for hiding the mouse cursor in X11

2011-10-04 Thread pmarin
Any advantage over unclutter? Does it work with dosbox and qemu? On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez wrote: > Hello, > > In case someone is interested, I wrote this little utility in C: >    https://github.com/jimenezrick/hidcur > > It hides the mouse cursor whenever is idle

Re: [dev] hidcur: Utility for hiding the mouse cursor in X11

2011-10-04 Thread Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 07:47:44PM +0200, pmarin wrote: > Any advantage over unclutter? No, except that the code is simpler. unclutter support some nice features like ignoring mouse jitter, which I could add in a future. > Does it work with dosbox and qemu? As naive answer, yes it should. I'm no

Re: [dev] hidcur: Utility for hiding the mouse cursor in X11

2011-10-04 Thread Rob
On 4 October 2011 19:06, Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez wrote: > On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 07:47:44PM +0200, pmarin wrote: >> Any advantage over unclutter? > > No, except that the code is simpler. unclutter support some nice > features like ignoring mouse jitter, which I could add in a future. I find un

Re: [dev] hidcur: Utility for hiding the mouse cursor in X11

2011-10-04 Thread Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 10:37:33PM +0100, Rob wrote: > I find unclutter sometimes locks my focus to a window, I try to shift focus > (dwm), it just jumps back. I'd use hidcur, except that the initial click isn't > passed through to the window beneath, so scrolling in a browser, for example, > seems