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 [w]nw|ne|sw|se] [-t seconds] [-s]
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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), mod5 (ISO Level
24             3 Shift), and all
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26     -m [w]nw|ne|sw|se
27             When hiding the mouse cursor, move it to this corner of the
28             screen or current window, then move it back when showing the cur‐
29             sor.
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31     -t seconds
32             Hide the mouse cursor after seconds have passed without mouse
33             movement.
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35     -s      Ignore scrolling events.
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SEE ALSO

38     XFixes(3)
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AUTHORS

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