Re: [dwm] slock - message over black screen

On 2009-02-19, 15:02
Robert Manea (rob.manea_AT_googlemail.com) wrote:

> Delta wrote:
> > Hi list,
> Hey.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> Well, I did exactly this 2 years ago but as I don't use slock any more I
> never
> cared to update that patch to the current version.
>
> Anyways, you can find a version including that feature (and also echoing
> '*'
> on password input) here: http://gotmor.googlepages.com/slock.tar.bz2
>
> Should be relatively easy to adapt to the current version....
> > Regards,
> >
> > Delt
> Bye, Rob.
>

Many thanks Robert, it's just what I was looking for. The appearance is so elegant.
I have modified it a little to make it accept the string to be printed with the option -t. Maybe one day I will adapt it to the slock tip version but for the moment this is perfect for me.

Kind Regards,

Delta