xcinfo

xcinfo provides information of X cursor including, also the output:

x y sw sh cw ch cx cy

where:

x, y : cursor position
sw, sh: screen resolution
cw, ch: cursor image size
cx, cy: cursor hotspot position

Compilation

$ make

Installation

# By default, to install to `/usr/local`, run:
$ make install

# Or to `/usr`:
$ make install PREFIX=/usr

# Or to your home:
$ make install PREFIX=$HOME

To uninstall, use uninstall target with PREFIX if supplied during installation.

Usage

This code is written intentedly being used in shell script, e.g.

:::bash
read x y sw sh cw ch cx cy <<< "$(xcinfo)"

You can discard unneeded outputs, e.g.

:::bash
read x y sw sh _ <<< "$(xcinfo)"

Options

-i N: querying every N microseconds.

Examples

bzen2.sh

A dzen2 which bounches, simply run:

bzen2.sh message here, blah blah blah...

You can watch a screenshot in this blog post.

mouse trail

Scripts to record and render mouse trail as a SVG file, for example:

$ mousetrack-record.sh mouse.pos
Press Q to stop recording
$ mousetrack-svg.sh mouse.pos mouse.svg

# Converting to PNG format
$ inkscape mouse.svg --export-background=FFF --export-png=mouse.png

# or simply
$ inkscape mouse.svg -b FFF -e mouse.png

snap.sh

A script snaps a screenshot when mouse has movements every 5 minutes. It requires xsnap program to grab a screenshot.

heatmap.sh

Drawing heatmap of X cursor onto terminal window size. Here is a video.

License

This code is placed in Public Domain.

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