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XSetScreenSaver(3)                             XLIB FUNCTIONS                             XSetScreenSaver(3)



NAME
       XSetScreenSaver, XForceScreenSaver, XActivateScreenSaver, XResetScreenSaver, XGetScreenSaver - manip-ulate manipulate
       ulate the screen saver

SYNTAX
       int XSetScreenSaver(Display *display, int timeout, int interval, int prefer_blanking, int allow_expo-sures); allow_exposures);
              sures);

       int XForceScreenSaver(Display *display, int mode);

       int XActivateScreenSaver(Display *display);

       int XResetScreenSaver(Display *display);

       int XGetScreenSaver(Display *display, int *timeout_return, int *interval_return, int *prefer_blank-ing_return, *prefer_blanking_return,
              ing_return, int *allow_exposures_return);

ARGUMENTS
       allow_exposures
                 Specifies the screen save control values.  You can pass DontAllowExposures, AllowExposures,
                 or DefaultExposures.

       allow_exposures_return
                 Returns the current screen save control value (DontAllowExposures, AllowExposures, or
                 DefaultExposures).

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       interval  Specifies the interval, in seconds, between screen saver alterations.

       interval_return
                 Returns the interval between screen saver invocations.

       mode      Specifies the mode that is to be applied.  You can pass ScreenSaverActive or ScreenSaverRe-set. ScreenSaverReset.
                 set.

       prefer_blanking
                 Specifies how to enable screen blanking.  You can pass DontPreferBlanking, PreferBlanking,
                 or DefaultBlanking.

       prefer_blanking_return
                 Returns the current screen blanking preference (DontPreferBlanking, PreferBlanking, or
                 DefaultBlanking).

       timeout   Specifies the timeout, in seconds, until the screen saver turns on.

       timeout_return
                 Returns the timeout, in seconds, until the screen saver turns on.

DESCRIPTION
       Timeout and interval are specified in seconds.  A timeout of 0 disables the screen saver (but an
       activated screen saver is not deactivated), and a timeout of -1 restores the default.  Other negative
       values generate a BadValue error.  If the timeout value is nonzero, XSetScreenSaver enables the
       screen saver.  An interval of 0 disables the random-pattern motion.  Both values are limited to a
       16-bit signed integer range by the wire protocol, despite the C prototype.  If no input from devices
       (keyboard, mouse, and so on) is generated for the specified number of timeout seconds once the screen
       saver is enabled, the screen saver is activated.

       For each screen, if blanking is preferred and the hardware supports video blanking, the screen simply
       goes blank.  Otherwise, if either exposures are allowed or the screen can be regenerated without
       sending Expose events to clients, the screen is tiled with the root window background tile randomly
       re-origined each interval seconds.  Otherwise, the screens' state do not change, and the screen saver
       is not activated.  The screen saver is deactivated, and all screen states are restored at the next
       keyboard or pointer input or at the next call to XForceScreenSaver with mode ScreenSaverReset.

       If the server-dependent screen saver method supports periodic change, the interval argument serves as
       a hint about how long the change period should be, and zero hints that no periodic change should be
       made.  Examples of ways to change the screen include scrambling the colormap periodically, moving an
       icon image around the screen periodically, or tiling the screen with the root window background tile,
       randomly re-origined periodically.

       XSetScreenSaver can generate a BadValue error.

       If the specified mode is ScreenSaverActive and the screen saver currently is deactivated, XForce-ScreenSaver XForceScreenSaver
       ScreenSaver activates the screen saver even if the screen saver had been disabled with a timeout of
       zero.  If the specified mode is ScreenSaverReset and the screen saver currently is enabled, XForce-ScreenSaver XForceScreenSaver
       ScreenSaver deactivates the screen saver if it was activated, and the activation timer is reset to
       its initial state (as if device input had been received).

       XForceScreenSaver can generate a BadValue error.

       The XActivateScreenSaver function activates the screen saver.

       The XResetScreenSaver function resets the screen saver.

       The XGetScreenSaver function gets the current screen saver values.

DIAGNOSTICS
       BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request.  Unless a
                 specific range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by the argument's type
                 is accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error.

SEE ALSO
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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