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Diffstat (limited to 'i3lock.1')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ i3lock \- improved screen locker .RB [\|\-v\|] .RB [\|\-n\|] .RB [\|\-b\|] -.RB [\|\-d\|] .RB [\|\-i .IR image.png \|] .RB [\|\-c @@ -66,12 +65,6 @@ Enable beeping. Be sure to not do this when you are about to annoy other people, like when opening your laptop in a boring lecture. .TP -.B \-d, \-\-dpms -Enable turning off your screen using DPMS. Note that, when you do not specify this -option, DPMS will turn off your screen after 15 minutes of inactivity anyways (if -you did not disable this in your X server). - -.TP .BI \-I\ seconds \fR,\ \fB\-\-inactivity-timeout= seconds Specifies the number of seconds i3lock will wait for another password before turning off the monitors, in case you entered a wrong password or canceled by @@ -126,6 +119,27 @@ Show the number of failed attempts, if any. Enables debug logging. Note, that this will log the password used for authentication to stdout. +.SH DPMS + +The \-d (\-\-dpms) option was removed from i3lock in version 2.8. There were +plenty of use-cases that were not properly addressed, and plenty of bugs +surrounding that feature. While features are not normally removed from i3 and +its tools, we felt the need to make an exception in this case. + +Users who wish to explicitly enable DPMS only when their screen is locked can +use a wrapper script around i3lock like the following: + +.Vb 6 +\& #!/bin/sh +\& revert() { +\& xset dpms 0 0 0 +\& } +\& trap revert SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM +\& xset +dpms dpms 5 5 5 +\& i3lock -n +\& revert +.Ve + .SH SEE ALSO .IR xautolock(1) \- use i3lock as your screen saver |