Debian Package a Day ([info]debaday) wrote,
@ 2004-07-22 08:00:00
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unclutter - hides the cursor in X after a period of inactivity
unclutter hides your X mouse cursor when you don't need it, to prevent it from getting in the way. You have only to move the mouse to restore the mouse cursor.

Andre L. has this to say on the subject of unclutter:
It is important to be able to see the mouse pointer while moving the mouse. But when typing it only gets in the way, and I don't want to see it. Unclutter is a program that makes the mouse cursor disappear when it is not being used. As soon as you move the mouse the cursor will reappear.This sounds weird, but I predict once you've tried it you'll never go back to the old way. I start it from my .xsession file.

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[info]brad
2004-07-22 09:57 am UTC (link)
Nice!

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mightyquinn
2004-07-22 12:44 pm UTC (link)
This is especially nice if you use a mostly-keyboard or only-keyboard setup, a la ION.

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[info]miguelitof
2004-07-23 06:49 am UTC (link)
unclutter is one of my favorite packages, too. I've been searching for a good mouse blanker ever since I switched from the Amiga to Windows back in '94 or so. I loved dmouse on the Amiga, and thought I would never find anything as useful again. Just a few weeks ago someone on LiveJournal pointed me to unclutter, and it's been up and running on my linux box ever since.

Now I just wish I could find a blanker for my work Win2k machine.

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Incompatible apps
(Anonymous)
2004-09-22 03:26 am UTC (link)
I like unclutter. But I have encountered at least one incompatible application: Unreal Tournament 2003. Unclutter resets the mouse cursor to the middle of the screen when running ut2003.

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