Ubuntu
gtk+2.0 package

  1. Bug #16492
  2. Comment #61

Comment 61 for bug 16492

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A. Eibach (andi3) wrote :

No 'unclutter' here on Lubuntu Utopic (beta; default). Had to install it manually. Considering the age of this "bug", and that even Mr. Ubuntu himself has replied here, this should have been included in the default distro long ago??

Anyways, this is not why I chose to comment here as well.

A good idea would maybe also be a CLIENT-SERVER solution. (or client-daemon if you insist)

Compare: With only basic Python knowledge, you can write a scriptlet that might catch messages sent via dbus using something like notify-send.
This might be a way out for this mouse pointer hide/show issue as well.
 The daemon/server would be used as an observer to keep on guard for idle keyboard and whatnot, and if so, send an internal message to the various clients (e. g. text-processing apps) that can hide the cursor.

Downer/Disadvantage:

EACH of these applications will have to be made "message-aware" first before the observer can send its demand to them.