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has caused the Debian Bug report #488613,
regarding Wish for two :idle handlers (:blanker *and* :lockscreen).
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Package: screen
Version: 4.0.3-9
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream
I've been (ab)using the :idle handler to lock my screen, similar to
X's xscreensaver or xautolock + xlockmore:
idle 1800 lockscreen # "screensaver" lockout
I'd like to set this timeout to be much shorter (say, two minutes), so
that if I step away from my desk for a meeting, there's a smaller
attack window. The problem with this is that if I'm looking at a
printout, the idle handler will trip and lock the screen even though
I'm really using it, meaning I have a disruptive period of typing in
my login and session passwords.
Xscreensaver (and others) solve this by having two timeouts --
initially it will blank the screen (without locking it), and then
after a further period of inactivity, it will lock the screen:
# ~/.xscreensaver -*- conf -*-
mode: blank
lock: true
splash: false
fade: false
timeout: 2
lockTimeout: 1
That way, I notice when the screen blanks, and I tap a key to wake it
up, without having to go through the password prompt.
I'd like this functionality for Screen. I guess it can be implemented
most easily by adding support for multiple idle handlers. The syntax
would be similar to backticks:
idle [number] <timeout> [command]
With number being 0 if not supplied (thereby retaining backwards
compatibility). For example,
idle 0 120 blanker
idle 1 180 lockscreen
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages screen depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncursesw5 5.6+20080308-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
screen recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi,
This bug was sent upstream almost 18 years ago, with no action or
followup.
If this is still desired, you're welcome to pursue this directly
upstream.
Closing this as stale.
Cheers,
Peter Dey
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