find-cursor/README.markdown

Simple XLib program to highlight the cursor position. This is similar to the feature found in Windows XP (and possibly later?)

Using it

Compile it by typing make. Run `find-cursor -h to see some options for controlling the appearance.

• The author runs it with xcape:

    xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape;Shift_L=KP_Add'  
  

  When Left shift is tapped, a Keypad Add is sent – I don't have a numpad on my keyboard – which we can then use to launch the program.

• I configured my window manager (PekWM) to pick up Numpad Add and launch this:

    KeyPress = "KP_Add" { Actions = "Exec find-cursor" }
  

  I'm not going to include instructions for every window manager out there. I'm sure you can figure out how to use it with your WM ;-) You can also use xbindkeys, which should work with $any window manager.

• You may want to disable shadows if you use compton or some other composite manager; for example for compton start it with:

    compton --shadow-exclude "class_g = 'find-cursor'"
  

  Or, perhaps even better, disable it for all shaped windows:

    compton --shadow-exclude 'bounding_shaped'
  

  You can also put that in the compton config file. Other managers might have different options/flags.