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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Knowing when a screensaver is active
From:       Kurt Granroth <granroth () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-05-19 3:53:30
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Dirk A. Mueller wrote:
> Kurt Granroth <granroth@alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> I think that would be a fix in the wrong place. The screensaver itself
> should prevent that popping-up windows appear before it. I have no idea
> how to do that, maybe we can make the screensavers "alwaysontop" ?!
 
Yeah.. well, what do you think the chances are that we can convince jwz to
change xscreensaver?  Patching the KDE screensavers *might* be the best we can
do.. but the only way to ensure that it always works if I can figure out how
to tell when any screensaver is active.
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Kurt Granroth            | granroth@kde.org
KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth

        KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux

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