[Portland] xdg-screensaver.in

Daniel Stone daniel at freedesktop.org
Wed May 10 04:17:57 PDT 2006


On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 03:14:51AM -0700, Bastian, Waldo wrote:
> I think it makes more sense to have an API in the X-server to "suspend"
> the screensaver for a defined amount of time rather than disable it
> entirely. That way you don't end up with a disabled screensaver when an
> application crashes, which would have a security impact.

This is what Fredrik's done; there's a ScreenSaverSuspend request, but
it also does client tracking, so your suspension disappears with the
client.
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