Short script (in python) to shift mouse pointer to middle of screen, useful to save time on low acceleration pointing devices. Works for multi-head setups.
#!/usr/bin/env python # Small script to jump pointer to middle of given screen number # Run with [scriptname] [screen number] import os, sys modelines = os.popen("xrandr | grep -v ^[A-Z] | grep + | sed s/^' '//g") totalx=0 for i,line in enumerate(modelines.readlines()): mode = line.split(' ')[0] if (str(i) == sys.argv[1]): y = int(mode.split('x')[1])/2 x = int(mode.split('x')[0])/2 totalx += x os.system('xdotool mousemove ' + str(totalx) + ' ' + str(y)) else: x = int(mode.split('x')[0]) totalx += x