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highlight-pointer-1.2

highlight mouse pointer using a dot

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Description

Highlight mouse pointer/cursor using a dot - useful for presentations, screen sharing, ... To quit the program press Ctrl+C in the terminal where you started it, or (p)kill the process. Features - Very lightweight, should work on any Linux/Unix system running an X server - Should work with any software capturing/sharing the screen regardless if it shows the cursor (like Zoom) or not (like Skype) - Set color for mouse button released and/or pressed state - Highlight using a filled or outlined dot - Auto-hide highlight and/or cursor after a time when not moving and re-show when moving again - Global hotkeys for toggling cursor or highlighter and for toggling auto-hiding

Package information

Ports path
x11/highlight-pointer
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Thomas Frohwein <thfr@openbsd.org>
Categories
x11
Available flavors
None listed

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