On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 15:37 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote: > 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.
I forgot to say... it's being maintaned separately from XOrg sources in the following address: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ > > > > > 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 _______________________________________________________ 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
