NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

     xbanish [-a] [-d] [-i modifier] [-m [w]nw|ne|sw|se] [-t seconds] [-s]

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), mod5 (ISO Level 3 Shift), and all

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

     -t seconds
             Hide the mouse cursor after seconds have passed without mouse movement.

     -s      Ignore scrolling events.

SEE ALSO

     XFixes(3)

AUTHORS

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