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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2010-05-12 23:27:43 +0200
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+unclutter is a program which runs permanently in the background of an
+X11 session. It checks on the X11 pointer (cursor) position every
+few seconds, and when it finds it has not moved (and no buttons are
+pressed on the mouse, and the cursor is not in the root window) it
+creates a small sub-window as a child of the window the cursor is in.
+The new window installs a cursor of size 1x1 but a mask of all 0, ie
+an invisible cursor. This allows you to see all the text in an xterm
+or xedit, for example. The human factors crowd would agree it should
+make things less distracting.
+
+This is an "old-school" X11 app, from the days before desktop
+environments. To run when X starts, add "unclutter &" to your .xinitrc,
+before the line that execs your window manager.