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<H2><A NAME="ideas"></A> <A NAME="s6">6. Other ideas how to make the mouse cursor more visible</A></H2>
<P>Here are some ideas for rather simple X programs that might make
mouse cursors easier to track.
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<LI> When a hot key is pressed display something (big cursor, small
window, shaped window) at pointer position for 0.5s.</LI>
<LI> use XRecolorCursor to change the mouse cursor color every 0.1s</LI>
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<P>A more demanding project would be <B>mouse trails</B> &agrave; la
windoze, i.&nbsp;e. when the mouse is moved and the mouse cursor needs
to be drawn in a different position, then the old mouse cursor does
not disappear at once, but after a short delay. Mouse trails would be
probably best implemented in a X server, but it might be feasible to
do it as a X client, or better as a proxy server (see section
<A HREF="X-Big-Cursor-5.html#tech">Technical discussion</A> for details).
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