Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:22:07 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Automatic screen lock when leaving desk Message-ID: <20090715222206.GA7334@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4A5DB32E.7010406@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4A5CA4F1.6090605@isafeelin.org> <20090714204318.GC1832@kokopelli.hydra> <4A5DB32E.7010406@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:45:02AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: >=20 > I used to be a NeXTie, and the Screensaver.app there had a really nifty= =20 > little feature. I'm surprised it's not been copied into other screensaver > applications since, as it's pretty simple. They just had a facility where > moving the mouse cursor to one corner of the screen and leaving it still > for a few seconds would cause the screen saver / screen lock to come on > straight away. >=20 > Conversely you could designate another corner of the screen as "don't turn > on screensaver even after an extended period of idleness". Being a NeXT = app > this was all configurable by dragging little '+' or '-' icons around a > scaled down image of the screen, or off it entirely if you didn't want th= at > facility. Does /usr/ports/x11/xscreensaver.app do this? It almost certainly requires the GNUStep framework as a dependency, but you may find a number of old "friends" (applications you liked) are available for that framework, in varying states of faithfulness to what you remember. If you like the old interface as a whole, you might try using WindowMaker with the GNUStep framework. I actually used WindowMaker/GNUStep for a while, and liked it, but eventually decided I liked Sawfish slightly more, then that I liked AHWM a *lot* more. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Alan Kay: "I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind." --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpeVo4ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVcRACgr+Ao4tYJZohpzq87UkES4WZH D1QAn3wJ5ItJNCW4j1p3ahPXGHuz4lbi =XN0I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1--
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