From: Robert Svoboda <r080@atlas.cz>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Run script when X is idle for some time?
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:58:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061020115853.GA21621@ivanka.svobodovi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b64ef0ce0610181132w3ebddcc5q58b3fa0a9692b019@mail.gmail.com>
* Qiangning Hong <hongqn@gmail.com> [2006-10-19 20:07]:
> I'd like to run a script after X is idle for some time (e.g. 5
> minute), just like what gaim do (it set my status to "away" if I
> haven't touch anything for some time). How can I do? FYI, I have
> some Shell/C/Python programming skill.
It's been a long time I tried this, but I remember that there is
program called xautolock which can be used to do what you
want. Particularly its -notifier option.
HTH
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2006-10-18 18:32 [gentoo-user] Run script when X is idle for some time? Qiangning Hong
2006-10-18 19:30 ` Willie Wong
2006-10-20 11:58 ` Robert Svoboda [this message]
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