wok-6.x annotate unclutter/description.txt @ rev 19854

Up apulse (0.1.9)
author Xander Ziiryanoff <psychomaniak@xakep.ru>
date Thu Mar 16 22:51:26 2017 +0100 (2017-03-16)
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al@18872 1 unclutter is a program which runs permanently in the background of an X11
al@18872 2 session. It checks on the X11 pointer (cursor) position every few seconds, and
al@18872 3 when it finds it has not moved (and no buttons are pressed on the mouse, and
al@18872 4 the cursor is not in the root window) it creates a small sub-window as a child
al@18872 5 of the window the cursor is in. The new window installs a cursor of size 1x1
al@18872 6 but a mask of all 0, ie an invisible cursor. This allows you to see all the
al@18872 7 text in an xterm or xedit, for example. The human factors crowd would agree it
al@18872 8 should make things less distracting.
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al@18872 10 Once created, the program waits for the pointer to leave the window and then
al@18872 11 destroys it, restoring the original situation. Button events are passed
al@18872 12 transparently through to the parent window. They will usually cause the cursor
al@18872 13 to reappear because an active grab will be made by the program while the button
al@18872 14 is down, so the pointer will apparently leave the window, even though its x y
al@18872 15 position doesnt change.
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al@18872 17 The first version of this program used a grab to remove the cursor.
al@18872 18 This method is still available with a "-grab" option to the program.