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43 lines
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[](https://arp242.net/status/stable)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/Carpetsmoker/find-cursor)
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Simple XLib program to highlight the cursor position. This is similar to the
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feature found in Windows XP (and possibly later?)
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Using it
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========
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Compile it by typing `make`. Run `find-cursor -h to see some options for
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controlling the appearance.
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- The author runs it with [`xcape`][xcape]:
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xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape;Shift_L=KP_Add'
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When Left shift is tapped, a Keypad Add is sent – I don't have a numpad on my
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keyboard – which we can then use to launch the program.
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- I configured my window manager (PekWM) to pick up Numpad Add and launch this:
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KeyPress = "KP_Add" { Actions = "Exec find-cursor" }
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I'm not going to include instructions for every window manager out there.
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I'm sure you can figure out how to use it with your WM ;-) You can also use
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[`xbindkeys`](xbindkeys), which should work with `$any` window manager.
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- You may want to disable shadows if you use compton or some other composite
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manager; for example for compton start it with:
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compton --shadow-exclude "class_g = 'find-cursor'"
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Or, perhaps even better, disable it for all shaped windows:
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compton --shadow-exclude 'bounding_shaped'
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You can also put that in the compton config file. Other managers might have
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different options/flags.
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[xcape]: https://github.com/alols/xcape
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[xbindkeys]: http://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html
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