dayglow@csli.Stanford.EDU (Eric T. Ly) (06/19/91)
I've placed a new version of my Lock program onto the sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu archives. The submitted file is Lock.tar.Z, which contains the program and a README file. (Currently, they are in the submissions directory but will probably be moved later.) For those readers who aren't familiar with Lock, it's a small application that locks your screen when you're away from the console. More information is given below. I have received a surprising number of responses in past weeks for an update of this application to 2.0. Now that summer is here, I had a chance to fix it up. Enjoy. Please feel free to send me comments. Eric Ly Here's a brief snippet about Lock from the README file: ABOUT LOCK Lock is an application which lets you lock your screen when you leave your NeXT computer unattended for a period of time. The program locks the console screen by freezing on-screen windows or by turning the display black. You can lock the screen either with your own password or with an access code that you set. In addition, Lock has a built-in fully-functional 15-puzzle. CHANGES SINCE 1.0 o Fixed for NeXT Release 2.0. This accounts for most of the changes. o Simple screen-saver feature. When locked, the Lock window shifts around periodically to prevent burn-in of the window. The interval between moves is determined by the system's dim time, which can be set using Preferences. The window only moves around slightly so that it always appears to be centered.