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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: How do you screen save??
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Date: 12 Sep 88 14:04:08 GMT
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> I can do all of the above except figure out when it is time to save.  Though
> the server keeps track of this I cannot find any way of getting it to tell me
> when it is now time to screen save.

There is no support in the core protocol for external screen savers.  

You would need a GrabScreenSaver extension that would redirect the
SetScreenSaver and ForceScreenSaver requests and send you an event (or map a
window that you've registered as the screen saver window) whenever the screen
saver timer goes off.  

Jim