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["A. Eibach" <16492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492

Title:
  Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't

Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:
  New
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Triaged
Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1.  Click near the top left of a text field to focus it.
  2.  Start typing.
  Or:
  1.  Click in a browser window to focus the page.
  2.  Read the page, scrolling with the arrow keys.
  Or:
  1.  Click in an e-mail message window to focus the message.
  2.  Read the message, scrolling with the arrow keys.

  What happens:
  *   The mouse pointer gets in the way of what you're typing/reading.

  What should happen:
  *   Whenever you press a non-modifier key on the keyboard, if the pointing
  device has been neither moved nor clicked in the past ~0.25 seconds, the pointer
  should disappear until the pointing device is next moved or clicked.

  But won't this make people lose the pointer?
  *   No. For human eyes, such a small object is much easier to find by movement
  than by searching the entire screen. As soon as they grab the mouse again, the
  pointer will appear, and they'll see where it is.

  This is nuts!
  *   It's worked on the Mac for over two decades. Most people haven't noticed.
  They just get slightly irritated on *other* platforms when the pointer gets in
  the way.

  (Apologies if this is filed under the wrong product.)

  http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/PointerObscuring.html:
  http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/PointerObscuring.html

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