1XBANISH(1)                BSD General Commands Manual               XBANISH(1)
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NAME

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

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

10     xbanish hides the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed.  The cursor is
11     shown again when it is moved or a mouse button is pressed.  This is simi‐
12     lar to the xterm(1) setting pointerMode but the effect is global in the
13     X11 session.
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OPTIONS

16     -a      Always keep mouse cursor hidden while xbanish is running.
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18     -d      Print debugging messages to stdout.
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20     -i modifier
21             Ignore pressed key if modifier is used.  Modifiers are: shift,
22             lock (CapsLock), control, mod1 (Alt or Meta), mod2 (NumLock),
23             mod3 (Hyper), mod4 (Super, Windows, or Command), and mod5 (ISO
24             Level 3 Shift).
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26     -m nw|ne|sw|se
27             When hiding the mouse cursor, move it to this corner of the
28             screen, then move it back when showing the cursor.
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SEE ALSO

31     XFixes(3)
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AUTHORS

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