BSD Ports

x11/gromit-mpx 1.7.0 DragonFly

Desktop annotation tool, multi-pointer port of Gromit

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
GPLv2+
Categories
wayland, x11
Package size
56.6 KiB, 163.0 KiB installed

Description

Gromit-MPX is an on-screen annotation tool that works with any Unix desktop environment under X11 as well as Wayland.

Its main use is for making presentations of some application. Normally, you would have to move the mouse pointer around the point of interest until hopefully everybody noticed it. With Gromit-MPX, you can draw everywhere onto the screen, highlighting some button or area.

Key features include:

  • [Desktop-independent] Gromit-MPX works with GNOME, KDE, XFCE, ... under X11 as well as with a Wayland session.
  • [Hotkey-based] The fundamental philosophy is that Gromit-MPX does not get into your way of doing things by sticking some UI widget on your desktop, potentially obscuring more important contents. It does provide a UI, but only in form of a tray icon.
  • [Configurable] While Gromit-MPX comes with a default config, you are free to change key bindings as well as drawing tool configuration.
  • [Multi-Pointer] Under X11, it enables graphical annotations with several pointers at once or a dedicated annotation device setup where you can use a second pair of input devices to annotate while simultaneously continuing to work normally with the first pair.
  • [Fast] Where available, Gromit-MPX makes use of Compositing. This should be the case on any contemporary desktop environment making use of the XCOMPOSITE extension under X11 and with every Wayland-based session.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 1.9.0, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
DragonFlyx11/gromit-mpx1.7.0none known-[email protected]-
FreeBSDx11/gromit-mpx1.9.0 newestnone known-[email protected]-
OpenBSDx11/gromit-mpx1.5.0no data-Laurence Tratt <[email protected]>-
NetBSDwip/gromit-mpx by name1.7.0none known-[email protected]-
HardenedBSDx11/gromit-mpx1.9.0 newestno data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDx11/gromit-mpx1.9.0 newestno data-[email protected]-

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Install

Binary package:

pkg install gromit-mpx

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/x11/gromit-mpx && make install clean

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

Run dependencies 12

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts
none

Message after installing

===>   NOTICE:

The gromit-mpx port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing