Highlight mouse pointer ability?

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:24:27 +0100
houghi <houghi at houghi.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 02:43:33PM +0100, houghi wrote:
> > I will look how I could do either and will get back if I found a solution.
> 
> Well, I have something that works partly:
> #!/bin/bash
> #Locate where the cursor is
> #set -x
> IMG=/home/houghi/tmp/image.gif
> SCREEN=`xdotool getmouselocation|awk -F: '{print $NF}'`
> DISPLAY=:0.${SCREEN} display -title cursorlocator $IMG &
> sleep 3
> killall display
> exit
> 
> xdotool to get the screen, display to show the image and then Devilspie to
> have no decoration.
> 
> First I tried with `xv -geometry +300+500 -nodecor image.gif`, but xv does
> not handle transparency. The image I use is http://houghi.eu/s/1H6LZL5.gif
> 
> What I would love is the following in order of importance:
> 1) Use something else then `display` as that will show a menu if you click
> on it.
> 2) Close on click
> 3) Follow the mouse around
> 4) Be able to use animated gifs. display does not do that correctly (way
> too slow)
> 
> I already tried looking for C code that would do at least 1 and 2, but I
> have no experience in programming. Just some bash scripting knowledge. So
> the best I can hope for is copy&paste code and hope it works. :-(
> 
> Still strange that something like this is not readily available, as I
> think it would be handy if you make screencasts of dektops and programs
> and also for people using portables outside.
> 
> houghi

I have used an application called "unclutter" which I install in
Xubuntu. It works good to hide the cursor and then flash it to show
where it is.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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