.\" $OpenBSD: xidle.1,v 1.1.1.1 2006/11/26 10:57:44 matthieu Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Federico G. Schwindt. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OPENBSD PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS .\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT .\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR .\" A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPENBSD .\" PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, .\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT .\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE .\" OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd June 20, 2005 .Dt XIDLE 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm xidle .Nd run a program on X inactivity .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm xidle .Bk -words .Op Fl area Ar pixels .Op Fl delay Ar secs .Op Fl display Ar display .Op Fl nw | ne | sw | se .Op Fl program Ar path .Op Fl timeout Ar secs .Ek .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm uses the .Xr XScreenSaver 3 extension to receive inactivity events when a timeout is specified, running a specific program after the elapsed time. .Nm also monitors the very corner of the given position for pointer activity and runs a program if the pointer sits there for more than the specified number of seconds. This behavior is always present, whether .Fl timeout is specified or not. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl area Ar pixels Specify the size, in pixels, of the corner area. The default is 2 pixels. .It Fl delay Ar secs Specify the number of seconds the pointer has to be in the given position before running the program. The default is 2 seconds. .It Fl display Ar display This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to; see .Xr X 7 . .It Fl nw | ne | sw | se Set the position to one of northwest, northeast, southwest, or southeast, respectively. If no position is specified, the default is northwest. .It Fl program Ar path Specify the full pathname of the program to run on any of the aforementioned events. Arguments to the program may also be specified, separated by whitespace. If .Fl program is not specified, the default is .Xr xlock 1 . .It Fl timeout Ar secs Set the timeout to the specified number of seconds. If .Fl timeout is not specified, .Nm won't run any program on inactivity. .El .Sh RESOURCES A few sets of application specific resources are supported and their values can be overriden by the command line options: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Sy area No (class Sy Area ) Specify the size, in pixels, of the corner area; see the .Fl area option. .It Sy delay No (class Sy Delay ) Specify the number of seconds to wait before running the program; see the .Fl delay option. .It Sy position No (class Sy Position ) Set the position to one of: "nw", "ne", "sw", or "se"; see descriptions of the .Fl nw , .Fl ne , .Fl sw , and .Fl se options. .It Sy program No (class Sy Program ) Specify the full pathname of the program to run; see the .Fl program option. .It Sy timeout No (class Sy Timeout ) Set the timeout to the specified number of seconds; see the .Fl timeout option. .El .Pp The .Nm program resource class is .Sy XIdle . .Sh EXAMPLES Run .Xr xlock 1 using the flying bats mode if no activity is detected in 300 seconds or the pointer sits in the southwest corner for more than 5 seconds: .Bd -literal -offset indent $ xidle -delay 5 -sw -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -mode bat" \e -timeout 300 .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr xlock 1 , .Xr XScreenSaver 3 , .Xr X 7 .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm program was written by Federico Schwindt as an xautolock replacement. .Sh BUGS The maximum number of arguments for .Fl program , including the executable file, is currently set to 9.