Bug#825809: ITP: unclutter-xfixes -- hide the X mouse cursor after a period of inactivity, using XFixes
Hi Sean,
Sean Whitton wrote:
> After thinking about this a bit and reviewing old discussions, I think
> that using the alternatives mechanism is better than doing some sort of
> transition.
Indeed.
> I have prepared a patch to src:unclutter to implement that,
> and also I've prepared packaging of unclutter-xfixes which calls
> update-alternatives(1).
Yay, thanks! Will happily include that patch in unclutter.
> Although unclutter-xfixes will work better for a lot of people,
> classic unclutter is working perfectly fine for other people, and there
> seems no need to impose a transition on the second group if it's not
> needed to benefit the first.
I fully agree. Actually being happy with the old unclutter and never
having felt the urge to change its behaviour made me hesitate to
switch to unclutter-xfixes.
Regards, Axel
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