Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi guys, Thank you all for answering my question about the meaning of "#!/bin/bash". I've learned so much from following threads on this list. Greetings, Manon.

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:02:13 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:30:00AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > >

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:30:00AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > > > it is on

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > > it is on other systems. So IIUC, when you write '#!/bin/sh', you aren't > > real

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 17:34:18 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiems

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > it is on other systems. So IIUC, when you write '#!/bin/sh', you aren't > really specifying a shell, but are rather saying 'use the standard > shell'. Which can be

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > > Manon Metten wrote: > > > > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the s

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > Manon Metten wrote: > > > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the script for? > > > > It is not really necessary, but it has some advan

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Manon Metten wrote: > > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the script for? > > It is not really necessary, but it has some advantages. > The 'file' command will recognize the file as a script, there are > certain other pro

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Manon Metten wrote: > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the script for? It is not really necessary, but it has some advantages. The 'file' command will recognize the file as a script, there are certain other programs (emacs?) that will treat it as such and here is where my limited kn

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Sjoerd, On 5/7/07, you wrote: > The following works fine for KDE: > > 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter > > #!/bin/bash > > /usr/bin/unclutter It works fine, but how do I supply some args like: -idle 1 -keystroke? '-idle 1' lets the cursor disappear after 1 se

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Johannes, > > On 5/4/07, about unclutter you wrote: > > The following works fine for KDE: > > > > 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter > > #!/bin/bash > > /usr/bin/unclutter > > > > $ chmod u+x .kde/Autostart/unclutter > > It works fine, but how do I

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Johannes, On 5/4/07, about unclutter you wrote: The following works fine for KDE: 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/unclutter $ chmod u+x .kde/Autostart/unclutter I did the following: $ cd ~/.kde/Autostart $ nano unclutter (and entered "#!/b

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-04 Thread M-L
On Friday 04 May 2007 19:18, Johannes Wiedersich shared this with us all: >--} The following works fine for KDE: >--} >--} 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter >--} #!/bin/bash >--} /usr/bin/unclutter >--} >--} $ chmod u+x .kde/Autostart/unclutter >--} >--} HTH someone ;-D >--}

For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 somewhe

Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 08:45 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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

Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-03, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just install unclutter and run it after logging in. How to do the latter > automatically depends on your WM / desktop environment. And believe me, > when you are used to this behaviour, it /becomes/ a burning issue when > it's not availabl

Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 12:57:09PM +, Tyler Smith wrote: > > 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 can tell you when using sloppy focus, the mouse pointer can be a real pain, and moving it asi

Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Tyler Smith: > > 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? Just install unclutter and run it after logging in. How to do the latter automatically depends on your WM / desktop environment. And believe me, wh

Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Cassiano Bertol Leal
This is what you need: http://times.debian.net/1097 Cheers, Cassiano Leal Tyler Smith wrote: Hi, 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 p

[Fwd: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer]

2007-05-03 Thread Renan Mendes Carvalho
Tyler Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 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 s

Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 a

how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-03 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, 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 nex