Re: Locating the cursor

Erik Christiansen <dvalin <at> internode.on.net> writes:
|On 10.02.15 04:15, Paul wrote:
|> I don't suppose that some kind vim-script savvy soul could suggest
|> how one might other windows from flashing, i.e., have only the
|> window with the focus flash?
|
| Well, if you're using gnome, then the simplest pointer location
| method is to GUI select:
|
| System->Preferences->Mouse->Locate_Pointer
|
| That states: "Show position of the pointer when the Control key is
| pressed". It occurs only in the window with focus, and works whether
| there's vim running or not. The expanding rings, resembling a sonar
| ping, are highly visible.
|
| There is then no need for the vim function.
|
| How to do the same in other desktops has not needed investigation
| here.

I'm using Cygwin's X-windows. So my script was an attempt to use
native vim capabilities to locate the cursor.

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