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Subject: Re: Why is the ScreenSaver braindamaged?
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Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 10:58:40 EST
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>    What makes sense to me is that the screen saver should be triggered by USER
>    inaction, i.e. If I don't touch the keyboard or mouse for 10 minutes,
>    my screen should be blanked.  I know this is a bit more complicated to
>    do, but makes more sense to me.
>
>That's the way it works in Version 11.

I prefer it the way it is in V10.  This gives me the ability to notice
things when they happen, rather than finding surprises when I first do
something.  Would it be possible for the developement team to make this
an option?  I should be set under software control, and people could
put an entry in their .uwmrc (or whatever other configuration file)
of the form:

screensaver={keyboard|text|any}

This would un-saver ( :-) the screen when
	1.  Any keyboard (or mouse) event happend.
	2.  Any text is sent to any open window.
	3.  Any screen change.
respectively.  There could also be an option "off", so that the
screen saver feature would never be initiated.

PS  I have a working screen lock program, which I intend to post to
net.sources and to this mail group sometime next week.  I still need
to write a manual page for it, though.

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		-- Tim "radzy" Radzykewycz
		The Incredible Radical Cabbage
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