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updated jbigkit (2.0 -> 2.1)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Thu Mar 14 17:54:37 2019 +0100 (2019-03-14) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/unclutter/description.txt Thu Mar 14 17:54:37 2019 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ 1.4 +unclutter is a program which runs permanently in the background of an X11 1.5 +session. It checks on the X11 pointer (cursor) position every few seconds, and 1.6 +when it finds it has not moved (and no buttons are pressed on the mouse, and 1.7 +the cursor is not in the root window) it creates a small sub-window as a child 1.8 +of the window the cursor is in. The new window installs a cursor of size 1x1 1.9 +but a mask of all 0, ie an invisible cursor. This allows you to see all the 1.10 +text in an xterm or xedit, for example. The human factors crowd would agree it 1.11 +should make things less distracting. 1.12 + 1.13 +Once created, the program waits for the pointer to leave the window and then 1.14 +destroys it, restoring the original situation. Button events are passed 1.15 +transparently through to the parent window. They will usually cause the cursor 1.16 +to reappear because an active grab will be made by the program while the button 1.17 +is down, so the pointer will apparently leave the window, even though its x y 1.18 +position doesnt change. 1.19 + 1.20 +The first version of this program used a grab to remove the cursor. 1.21 +This method is still available with a "-grab" option to the program.