For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca> [070503 08:21]:
> 
>> I was wondering if it would be possible to configure the mouse pointer
>> to disappear when not in use. I know I can just move it out of the way
>> into a corner somewhere, not a big deal. But if it's possible to have
>> the pointer just disappear after a few seconds of inactivity, and
>> reappear the next time I move it, that would be handy.
>>
>> Not a real burning issue, I know. Is this possible, and if so how? Is
>> this something that X can do, or is it controlled by the wm?
> 
> I have been running unclutter (a Debian package) from an X terminal:
> 
>     $ unclutter -idle 1 &
> 
> The & causes unclutter to run in the background.  See the man page for
> unclutter.

The following works fine for KDE:

11:16:39-jw@johannes2:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/unclutter

$ chmod u+x .kde/Autostart/unclutter

HTH someone ;-D

Johannes

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