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Simple XLib program to highlight the cursor position. This is similar to the feature found in Windows XP (and possibly later?)
Installation
Compile it by typing make
, install it with make install
. There
packages for some platforms as well.
You'll need to install some X11 header files on some systems; e.g. on
Ubuntu/Debian: libx11-dev
, libxcomposite-dev
, libxdamage-dev
, and
libxrender-dev
. For Fedora 36 you might need to install following:
libXext-devel
, libXdamage-devel
, libXrender-devel
, libXext-devel
.
There is also a Docker container at klo2k/find-cursor if you want it. Note this is NOT maintained (or supported) by me. See #19.
Usage
See find-cursor -h
to see some options for controlling the appearance.
Launching
You will want to map a key in your window manager to run find-cursor
. You can
also use xbindkeys
, which should work with $any
window manager.
I run it with xcape
:
xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape;Shift_L=KP_Add'
When Left Shift
is tapped a Keypad Add
is sent; I configured my window
manager to launch find-cursor
with that.
I don't have a numpad on my keyboard; you can also use F13
or some other
unused key.
You can use a little wrapper script if you want a "toggle" switch for when repeating forever:
#!/bin/sh
if pgrep find-cursor; then
pkill find-cursor
else
find-cursor -r0 &
fi
Compton
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.