peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele) (02/28/90)
Is there a screen blanker that stays blanked until either the mouse
or keyboard is pressed. All the screen blankers I use unblank in
situations where the running program puts up a dialog and I would
rather this be avoided, leaving me to unblank the screen when I
ready to use it again. Any one know of such a screen blanker?
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Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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BITNET: Peter@Acadia Internet: Peter@AcadiaU.CALeo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Leo Bores) (03/02/90)
In an article of <28 Feb 90 12:22:42 GMT>, peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele)
writes:
PS>or keyboard is pressed. All the screen blankers I use unblank in
PS>situations where the running program puts up a dialog and I would
PS>rather this be avoided, leaving me to unblank the screen when I
PS>ready to use it again. Any one know of such a screen blanker?
PS>
Try PYRO!
Leo Bores
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Internet: Leo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.orgbrecher@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Brecher) (03/03/90)
In article <1990Feb28.122242.785@aucs.uucp>, peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele) writes: > Is there a screen blanker that stays blanked until either the mouse > or keyboard is pressed. All the screen blankers I use unblank in > situations where the running program puts up a dialog and I would > rather this be avoided, leaving me to unblank the screen when I > ready to use it again. Any one know of such a screen blanker? Pyro! 4.0, just released, lets you choose which actions/events will wake a sleeping screen. You can choose any subset from among mouse move, mouse click, key press, window open/close, (sysbeep or system notice), and disk insertion. I am co-author of Pyro! 4.0. -- brecher@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Brecher)
pophal@nicmad.UUCP (Gerry Pophal) (03/04/90)
In article <1990Feb28.122242.785@aucs.uucp> peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele) writes: >Is there a screen blanker that stays blanked until either the mouse >or keyboard is pressed. All the screen blankers I use unblank in >situations where the running program puts up a dialog and I would >rather this be avoided, leaving me to unblank the screen when I >ready to use it again. Any one know of such a screen blanker? > Have you tried AutoBlack? It seems to function as required on a 68000 type macintosh. I wonder how AfterDark works regarding staying blank? gp
bruce@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Bruce Burkhalter) (03/05/90)
In article <3934@nicmad.UUCP> pophal@nicmad.UUCP (Gerry Pophal) writes: >In article <1990Feb28.122242.785@aucs.uucp> peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele) writes: >>Is there a screen blanker that stays blanked until either the mouse >>or keyboard is pressed. All the screen blankers I use unblank in >>situations where the running program puts up a dialog and I would >>rather this be avoided, leaving me to unblank the screen when I >>ready to use it again. Any one know of such a screen blanker? >> > Have you tried AutoBlack? It seems to function as required on a 68000 type >macintosh. I wonder how AfterDark works regarding staying blank? > gp After Dark wakes up if you move the mouse, hit a key, insert a disk, or a dialog box comes up. If a dialog box comes up, AD will wake up then fall back asleep after a user set # of minutes. Bruce Burkhalter Berkeley Systems, Inc.