On Apr 20, 2012, at 7:10 PM, LuKreme wrote:

> Shift-Control+Eject will immediately put your displays into sleep mode. I 
> have my display sleep set to a high value (like an hour, or possibly three) 
> because I really never want my computer screens to turn off, but when I get 
> up from my machine I always hit Shift-Control+Eject to turn off the screens 
> and lock the computer. this means my screensaver almost never runs, but 
> that's fine.

I have the lock icon displayed in my menubar, so often times, I will click 
there to lock the screen, but mostly I just quickly move the mouse to the upper 
right corner of my display, as I have that set in the Expose system preference 
to put my display to sleep [i still don't know why that is in the Expose 
preference and not in the display or energy saver preference; perhaps it has 
changed in Lion; i rarely use my laptop now that I "upgraded" to Lion].

I like the shortcut key combo; I am very strict about using the mouse when my 
hands are on the mouse and using keyboard shortcuts when my hands are on the 
keyboard; if I have to get up while typing an e.mail, shift-control-eject will 
become my new best friend. Thanks for the tip! :)

/vjl/ [control-x if in pine; command-shift-d if in mail.app :) ]

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