xidlehook
Because xautolock is annoying to work with.
Warning: This is a really new program, and I've already found (and fixed) a ton of subtle bugs.
I'm not saying it's not going to work, but it might be a little buggy.
Just don't judge it too hard during the first few days, will you?
xidlehook is a general-purpose replacement for xautolock.
It basically just executes a command when the computer has been idle for _ minutes.
Improvments over xautolock:
- As well as a notifier, there is now a canceller, for when the user stops it from locking.
- Not specific to locking. Multiple instances can run at the same time.
- Optionally only run once.
- Optionally prevent locking when an application is fullscreen.
- Optionally prevent locking when any application plays audio.
Missing features:
- Magic corners.
- --killer stuff whatever that is.
- Bell, because you should be using --notify.
- All the instance related stuff (you should use unix sockets with --socket).
Example
Here's a lock using i3lock, with screen dim support:
Note: Every command is passed through sh -c
, so you should be able to mostly use normal syntax.
For an example in practice, here's what I use personally.
Installation
Installation using cargo
:
cargo install xidlehook
Or if you're on Arch Linux and prefer using the AUR:
Or if you want to clone it:
git clone https://github.com/jD91mZM2/xidlehook
cd xidlehook
cargo build --release
Too bloaty?
Does this application have too many dependencies for your taste?
You can disable a few with --no-default-features
.
This however gets rid of:
- --not-when-audio
- --not-when-fullscreen
- Clean shutdown
- Socket API
You can re-enable specific features using --feature
, which takes a comma separated list of features.
Socket API
The socket API is very simple. Each packet is a single byte.
Byte | Command |
---|---|
0x0 | Deactivate |
0x1 | Activate |
0x2 | Trigger the timer command |