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Compile it by typingmake, install it withmake install. Therepackages for some platforms as well.

You'll need to install some X11 header files on some systems; e.g. onUbuntu/Debian:libx11-dev,libxcomposite-dev,libxdamage-dev, andlibxrender-dev. For Fedora 36 you might need to install following:libXext-devel,libXdamage-devel,libXrender-devel,libXext-devel.

There is also a Docker container atklo2k/find-cursor if you want it. Notethis is NOT maintained (or supported) by me. See #19.

Seefind-cursor -h to see some options for controlling the appearance.

You will want to map a key in your window manager to runfind-cursor. You canalso usexbindkeys, which should work with$any window manager.

I run it withxcape:

xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape;Shift_L=KP_Add'

WhenLeft Shift is tapped aKeypad Add is sent; I configured my windowmanager to launchfind-cursor with that.

I don't have a numpad on my keyboard; you can also useF13 or some otherunused key.

You can use a little wrapper script if you want a "toggle" switch for whenrepeating forever:

#!/bin/shif pgrep find-cursor; then    pkill find-cursorelse    find-cursor -r0 &fi

You may want to disable shadows if you use compton or some other compositemanager; for example for compton start it with:

compton --shadow-exclude "class_g = 'find-cursor'"

Or, perhaps even better, disable it for all shaped windows:

compton --shadow-exclude 'bounding_shaped'

You can also put that in the compton config file. Other managers might havedifferent options/flags.