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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Knowing when a screensaver is active
From:       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak () sh ! cvut ! cz>
Date:       1999-05-18 8:58:36
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On Út, 18 kvì 1999, Kurt Granroth wrote :
>X gurus!
>
>Is there a way to reliably tell when a screensaver is active?  KBiff has an
>option where it will pop up a dialog when new mail arrives.  Unfortunately, if
>a screensaver is active, it will pop up the dialog on TOP of the screensaver.
>This is not good.
>
>Unfortunately, I haven't a clue how I can tell when the screensaver is active
>in order to prevent this.  Is there such a mechanism?

Licq uses XScreenSaver<something> function for auto-away, so this could
probably help you ( http://licq.wibble.net ).

>
>If not, then we definitely need to put *something* like this in the
>screensavers for 2.0...

 Lubos Lunak
 l.lunak@email.cz

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