Re: auto-lockscreen? -> idle + caveat!

On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 08:32:26PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Michael Schroeder (2004-03-17 11:55 +0100)
> >> at the end of october i was in Cologne
> >> showing off what screen can do.
> >> i also showed the new "idle" command.
> >> however, "idle 100 cmatrix" will
> >> keep on spawning a new cmatrix
> >> after each 100 seconds of idle time.
> > 
> > You mean 'idle 100 screen cmatrix'. Anyway, I don't think it should
> > spawn new windows, as the display is still idle. I'll check this.
> 
> It does. Actually Sven's solutions spawns a new window, too. But just
> one window and it "goes away" as soon as you hit a key.

"idle 100 cmatrix" produces "unknown command 'cmatrix'".

> > Anyway, you shouldn't do it that way, why didn't you use the
> > blankerprg command?
> 
> Yes, that's how it's supposed to work. But have a look how the
> "caption" line "goes up" when do it that way:
> 
> http://www.thorstenkampe.de/tmp/cmatrix.jpg/view
> (and the normal screen: http://tk.zoper.com/home/tmp/caption-normal/view

Is that caption or hardstatus? Both shouldn't get displayed if the
blanker is running, at least with screen-4.0.2.

Cheers,
    Michael.

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Michael Schroeder           [email protected]
main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);}


 
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