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- From: ganek@apollo.hp.com (Dan Ganek)
- Subject: Re: Idle nodes? (was Re: automatic screen turn-off)
- Sender: usenet@apollo.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <BtyI7u.AJv@apollo.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:11:53 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.041400.11601@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <BtwMGy.EG0@apollo.hp.com> <5ae9c237.1b2f0@digital.sps.mot.com>
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- In article <5ae9c237.1b2f0@digital.sps.mot.com> chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen) writes:
- >In article <BtwMGy.EG0@apollo.hp.com> ganek@apollo.hp.com (Dan Ganek) writes:
- >> PROCEDURE gpr_$video_ctl()
- >>
- >>This replaced smd_$video_ctl.
- >
- >Is there any call to let user find out no keyboard/mouse event has happened
- >during a specific time? If such a call is available I can modify a screen
- >lock program to automatically lock a screen when the node has idled for some
- >time.
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- No call, but an eventcount, smd_$input_ec (whose ordinal value is 0)
- This eventcount is advanced whenever an input event is received.
- It may also be advanced at some other times but those times are rare.
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- /dan
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