On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:20 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote: > Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > > > Could you present me a use-case where I can just see it work (and them > > remove the interface and appreciate the difference), or there isn't any > > application that make use of the LoginHelper interface? > > > > Sun's build of xscreensaver uses it. I am not sure if community > xscreensaver sources have included these changes or not, perhaps it's in > recent XOrg source builds?
No, it isn't. > > Bill > > Best regards, > > Carlos. > > > > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 16:00 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Bill, > >> > >> On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 14:45 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote: > >> > >>> Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all! > >>>> > >>>> Hi Bill! Some time ago you told me that removing the LoginHelper > >>>> interface from gnome-mag would broken it. Could you provide me use cases > >>>> where I can see the importance of this interface and how it's act? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Hi Carlos; > >>> > >>> The primary use for LoginHelper (which should probably have been called > >>> AuthenticationHelper instead) is to allow assistive technologies and > >>> services to continue to operate during screen blanking and various kinds > >>> of authentication processes. > >>> > >>> For instance, when the screensaver lock is active, the magnifier window > >>> cannot normally be seen. The LoginHelper interface allows the > >>> screensaver dialog to query whether any assistive technologies or > >>> services need access to desktop services during authentication. In the > >>> magnifier+screensaver use case, LoginHelper tells the screensaver that > >>> access to the Xserver display is required, and that a particular window > >>> (the magnifier's toplevel window) needs to be raised. > >>> > >> If I understand right the screensaver raises the magnifier window only > >> when it asks for the password? I tried here with xscreensaver and with > >> gnome-screensaver (in the last the authentication mechanism isn't > >> working) and anyone raise the magnifier window. > >> > >> I only have it raised when using the OverlayWindow, but this is a > >> standard behavior, and when running OpenGL screensavers these interfere > >> in the magnifier window. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Carlos. > >> > >> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >>> Bill > >>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Carlos. > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list > >>>> Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org > >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________________ > >> Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor opção para você! > >> Experimente já e veja as novidades. > >> http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list > >> Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor opção para você! > > Experimente já e veja as novidades. > > http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list > > Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor opção para você! Experimente já e veja as novidades. http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/ _______________________________________________ Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel
