NAME

     xbanish — hide the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed

SYNOPSIS

     xbanish [-a] [-d] [-i modifier] [-m nw|ne|sw|se]

DESCRIPTION

     xbanish hides the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed.  The cursor is shown again when it
     is moved or a mouse button is pressed.  This is similar to the xterm(1) setting pointerMode
     but the effect is global in the X11 session.

OPTIONS

     -a      Always keep mouse cursor hidden while xbanish is running.

     -d      Print debugging messages to stdout.

     -i modifier
             Ignore pressed key if modifier is used.  Modifiers are: shift, lock (CapsLock),
             control, mod1 (Alt or Meta), mod2 (NumLock), mod3 (Hyper), mod4 (Super, Windows, or
             Command), and mod5 (ISO Level 3 Shift).

     -m nw|ne|sw|se
             When hiding the mouse cursor, move it to this corner of the screen, then move it
             back when showing the cursor.

SEE ALSO

     XFixes(3)

AUTHORS

     xbanish was written by joshua stein <jcs@jcs.org>.