XHIDECURSOR(1)

NAME
xhidecursor - hide the mouse cursor when typing

SYNOPSIS
xhidecursor

DESCRIPTION
xhidecursor hides the mouse cursor when a key is pressed and shows it again when the mouse is moved. It uses the XFixes extension and implements only the minimal required event handling. Compared to xbanish (nearly 500 lines of code), xhidecursor is much smaller (~40 lines) and uses less CPU.

USAGE
xhidecursor runs in the background for the duration of the X session. To start it automatically:
    xhidecursor &
Place this line in ~/.xinitrc or your window manager startup file.

REQUIREMENTS
The XFixes extension must be available on the X server.

SEE ALSO
XFixes(3)

AUTHORS
xhidecursor was written by Aleksandrs Stier <aleks.stier@icloud.com>.