Re: [dwm] slock - message over black screen

Antoni Grzymala dixit (2009-02-19, 14:14):

> Delta dixit (2009-02-19, 14:09):
>
> > Does someone know an easy way to make slock print a message (like "I
> > am on a meeting" or "I'll be back at 17:00") over its black screen? I
> > think nobody talk about this in the list and it seems to me that it
> > would be a good functionality.
>
> AFAIK, there's a bug in slock resulting in showing newly-created windows
> on *top* of the black overlay. So, unless someone has fixed this bug,
> you can just slock your screen and then, fire up, say, xmessage with
> your message.

Nah, just tested, seems to be fixed, you may try an older slock release.
See the "slock bug/misfeature?" thread from Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:37:45
+0100. There are more ideas on the matter.

Best,

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