[comp.windows.news] A screensaver for NeWS and X11/NeWS window managers

bates@STAT.WISC.EDU (Douglas M. Bates) (09/25/88)

Does anyone have code for a screensaver for NeWS?  My environment is
NeWS 1.0 (but I hope to upgrade to NeWS 1.1 very soon) on Sun-3's
under SunOS 4.0.  By a screensaver, I mean something that monitors
keystrokes and mouse movements and blanks the screen if there has been
no activity for a set period of time.

On a somewhat different note, are specifications for the X11/NeWS
server to be incorporated in SunOS 4.1 available?  I can imagine how a
single server can merge the functions of an X server and a NeWS server
but I can't think of how a window manager is going to function if both
styles of windows can be displayed simultaneously.

gerber@pepper.UUCP (Andrew Gerber) (09/30/88)

>Does anyone have code for a screensaver for NeWS? 

I have been using the Sun-supplied screenblank program under both
NeWS and SunView and have been very satisfied.  The line in my
rc.local file that starts the screenblanker looks like this:

/usr/bin/screenblank -d 900; (echo -n ' screenblank')           >/dev/console

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