Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-12 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Wed, 11 May 2022 22:34:00 -0400 lou wrote: > > Thank Michael Lange! > > it's what i need, and it works fine in twm I am glad if I could help. Btw, I noticed there is a small bug in the script, there should be an additional line towards the script's end, so that the end of the script l

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread lou
Thank Michael Lange! it's what i need, and it works fine in twm no wonder python is so popular these days PS: why isn't there some existing application that can do this job? is my need too special?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread Michael Lange
On Mon, 9 May 2022 07:09:57 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: (...) > xdotool getmouselocation does it once. > > You may wish to run it via watch in a tiny xterm and make that > xterm always-on-top. just for fun I wrote a little Python/Tk script that does what I believe the OP wants (requires python3-tk)

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 May 2022 at 19:20:25 (-0400), lou wrote: > > On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all > > do that. Probably most others. > > > > Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm > > xeyes knows mouse movement, it's too b

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread John Hasler
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Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all do that. Probably most others. -dsr- Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm xeyes knows mouse movement, it's too bad it doesn't show X/Y coordinates

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
lou wrote: > > On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > xdotool getmouselocation > > > Thanks! > > are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm? No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all do that. Probably most others. -dsr-

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: xdotool getmouselocation Thanks! are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
lou wrote: > i use twm for bullseye > > i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region of > screen > > i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i move > mouse xdotool getmouselocation does it once. You may wish to run it via watch in a tiny

which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
i use twm for bullseye i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region of screen i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i move mouse