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In the past I've used a handy utility on Windows called "CrossHair" - it brings up a crosshair over the whole screen, centered on the cursor location -see a screenshot here - http://www.cohjs.org/CrossHair.jpg.html
I downloaded it years ago, and today it's only available on archive.org.



I installed it on Wine, and it works partially but very clunky - only when the configuration window is open + active, roving version only when you continuously hold down the hotkey, and it flickers.



Anybody familiar with something like this that'd work in Lubuntu? Nothing from a search on Synaptic or the web. This page
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Magnification#Implemented_Features
appears to describe something promising but I'm relatively new to Lubuntu, and I have not found Gnomemag in Synaptic or in my installation.



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  • I wonder if you could just switch your default cursor in your cursor theme for a 1px cross that's as wide and high as double your screen?
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  • <- doesn't appear to be possible, max X11 cursor size is 256px according to GIMP.
    – pbhj
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In the past I've used a handy utility on Windows called "CrossHair" - it brings up a crosshair over the whole screen, centered on the cursor location -see a screenshot here - http://www.cohjs.org/CrossHair.jpg.html
I downloaded it years ago, and today it's only available on archive.org.



I installed it on Wine, and it works partially but very clunky - only when the configuration window is open + active, roving version only when you continuously hold down the hotkey, and it flickers.



Anybody familiar with something like this that'd work in Lubuntu? Nothing from a search on Synaptic or the web. This page
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Magnification#Implemented_Features
appears to describe something promising but I'm relatively new to Lubuntu, and I have not found Gnomemag in Synaptic or in my installation.



Appreciate any suggestions.










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  • I wonder if you could just switch your default cursor in your cursor theme for a 1px cross that's as wide and high as double your screen?
    – pbhj
    Mar 31 at 0:46










  • <- doesn't appear to be possible, max X11 cursor size is 256px according to GIMP.
    – pbhj
    Mar 31 at 2:08












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In the past I've used a handy utility on Windows called "CrossHair" - it brings up a crosshair over the whole screen, centered on the cursor location -see a screenshot here - http://www.cohjs.org/CrossHair.jpg.html
I downloaded it years ago, and today it's only available on archive.org.



I installed it on Wine, and it works partially but very clunky - only when the configuration window is open + active, roving version only when you continuously hold down the hotkey, and it flickers.



Anybody familiar with something like this that'd work in Lubuntu? Nothing from a search on Synaptic or the web. This page
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Magnification#Implemented_Features
appears to describe something promising but I'm relatively new to Lubuntu, and I have not found Gnomemag in Synaptic or in my installation.



Appreciate any suggestions.










share|improve this question













In the past I've used a handy utility on Windows called "CrossHair" - it brings up a crosshair over the whole screen, centered on the cursor location -see a screenshot here - http://www.cohjs.org/CrossHair.jpg.html
I downloaded it years ago, and today it's only available on archive.org.



I installed it on Wine, and it works partially but very clunky - only when the configuration window is open + active, roving version only when you continuously hold down the hotkey, and it flickers.



Anybody familiar with something like this that'd work in Lubuntu? Nothing from a search on Synaptic or the web. This page
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Magnification#Implemented_Features
appears to describe something promising but I'm relatively new to Lubuntu, and I have not found Gnomemag in Synaptic or in my installation.



Appreciate any suggestions.







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  • I wonder if you could just switch your default cursor in your cursor theme for a 1px cross that's as wide and high as double your screen?
    – pbhj
    Mar 31 at 0:46










  • <- doesn't appear to be possible, max X11 cursor size is 256px according to GIMP.
    – pbhj
    Mar 31 at 2:08
















  • I wonder if you could just switch your default cursor in your cursor theme for a 1px cross that's as wide and high as double your screen?
    – pbhj
    Mar 31 at 0:46










  • <- doesn't appear to be possible, max X11 cursor size is 256px according to GIMP.
    – pbhj
    Mar 31 at 2:08















I wonder if you could just switch your default cursor in your cursor theme for a 1px cross that's as wide and high as double your screen?
– pbhj
Mar 31 at 0:46




I wonder if you could just switch your default cursor in your cursor theme for a 1px cross that's as wide and high as double your screen?
– pbhj
Mar 31 at 0:46












<- doesn't appear to be possible, max X11 cursor size is 256px according to GIMP.
– pbhj
Mar 31 at 2:08




<- doesn't appear to be possible, max X11 cursor size is 256px according to GIMP.
– pbhj
Mar 31 at 2:08















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