[ANN] Screen Saver Primer
Folks, Found another piece of old technology here. A little tutorial on how to build screensavers for windows using Rev^H^H^HLiveCode. It is on RevOnline under my account, look for ScreenSaver primer or http://revonline2.runrev.com/download/stack/517/ScreenSaver-primer :D PS: I've built this on 2004 but the info should hold. It worked until XP at least. -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Detecting sleep or screen saver
I would like to be able to detect if the computer has either gone to sleep or the screen saver has activated so my program can lock itself. How can I detect this? Bill Vlahos ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mac OS X screen saver modules are *not* applications, but a special type of bundle containing an Objective C class with several pre-defined methods implementing the screen saver module. OS X produces an Objective C view for the saver to draw into, and tells the screen saver when to draw a frame, when to start, when to stop, when to display any custom settings during configuration, etc. An OS X screen saver would be virtually impossible to implement directly in Rev. On Jan 30, 2005, at 5:58 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: On Jan 30, 2005, at 9:51 AM, James Cass wrote: Why not just use the built-in Mac OS X screen saver with your own pictures as the resource for the slide show? That's fine, but that's just one type of screen saver. I might want to make a customized screen saver that's actually an application that does something a lot cooler than just present a slide show. :-) -James James, I see... hmm... is it better than Seti, or Tracking Satelites, or folding proteins to help fight human diseases? Let me know, I might be very interested in this! Rick ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution - --- Frank D. Engel, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep John 3:16 John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. $ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD4DBQFB/k7w7aqtWrR9cZoRAlIPAJEBaHCMSNoDwZKel+vfAe5bPAAxAJ0QqIan wpB+2drEeSs39EnbM9KLvA== =ziBB -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: An OS X screen saver would be virtually impossible to implement directly in Rev. Off the wall idea: could a shell screen saver be made, which would then call off to the MetaCard engine itself with a *very* stripped down stack? True, I think would be really slow (maybe, depending on how exactly MetaCard draws in MacOSX, and whether that can be pushed directly into the NSView that the screensaver is given, and depending on whether the MetaCard system could be made a 'delegate' (Obj-C terminology - basically something inserted into a message-passing chain like by afterScript). Can the MetaCard engine by accessed like this (without having to pay a $1500 license for the embedded version..) Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
An OS X screen saver would be virtually impossible to implement directly in Rev. That sounds like a challenge! :-) (You said virtually. Here's a good reference for MacOSX ScreenSavers: http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?ScreenSaver As it indicates on this website: ScreenSaver documentation is included in Mac OS X's Developer CD. Once the Developer packages are installed, the documentation can be found here: [Mac OS X 10.0] /Developer/Documentation/ReleaseNotes/ScreenSaver [Mac OS X 10.1] /Developer/Documentation/AdditionalTechnologies/ScreenSaver [Mac OS X 10.3] /Developer/Documentation/UserExperience?/Reference/ScreenSaver -James -Original Message- From: James Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jan 31, 2005 11:01 AM To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Screen saver? On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: An OS X screen saver would be virtually impossible to implement directly in Rev. Off the wall idea: could a shell screen saver be made, which would then call off to the MetaCard engine itself with a *very* stripped down stack? True, I think would be really slow (maybe, depending on how exactly MetaCard draws in MacOSX, and whether that can be pushed directly into the NSView that the screensaver is given, and depending on whether the MetaCard system could be made a 'delegate' (Obj-C terminology - basically something inserted into a message-passing chain like by afterScript). Can the MetaCard engine by accessed like this (without having to pay a $1500 license for the embedded version..) Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On Jan 31, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Cassj wrote: That sounds like a challenge! :-) (You said virtually. Here's a good reference for MacOSX ScreenSavers: http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?ScreenSaver As it indicates on this website: ScreenSaver documentation is included in Mac OS X's Developer CD. Once the Developer packages are installed, the documentation can be found here: [Mac OS X 10.0] /Developer/Documentation/ReleaseNotes/ScreenSaver [Mac OS X 10.1] /Developer/Documentation/AdditionalTechnologies/ScreenSaver [Mac OS X 10.3] /Developer/Documentation/UserExperience?/Reference/ScreenSaver -James James, it's very tricky, I think the only way to do it in Rev would be by making an external that linked to the needed frameworks and comunicated with the Rev app... but I am not having success in mixing Objective-C and Externals... Andre -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
Hi there, Why not just use the built-in Mac OS X screen saver with your own pictures as the resource for the slide show? It works great, and there is no programming involved! Rick ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
Why not just use the built-in Mac OS X screen saver with your own pictures as the resource for the slide show? That's fine, but that's just one type of screen saver. I might want to make a customized screen saver that's actually an application that does something a lot cooler than just present a slide show. :-) -James On Jan 30, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: Hi there, Why not just use the built-in Mac OS X screen saver with your own pictures as the resource for the slide show? It works great, and there is no programming involved! Rick ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On Jan 30, 2005, at 12:51 PM, James Cass wrote: That's fine, but that's just one type of screen saver. I might want to make a customized screen saver that's actually an application that does something a lot cooler than just present a slide show. :-) -James yeah, we could create someting like [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-p -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On Jan 30, 2005, at 9:51 AM, James Cass wrote: Why not just use the built-in Mac OS X screen saver with your own pictures as the resource for the slide show? That's fine, but that's just one type of screen saver. I might want to make a customized screen saver that's actually an application that does something a lot cooler than just present a slide show. :-) -James James, I see... hmm... is it better than Seti, or Tracking Satelites, or folding proteins to help fight human diseases? Let me know, I might be very interested in this! Rick ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Screen saver?
I need to build a simple screen saver to have available for download on my wife's web site. I'm assuming that most people will want a windows version (I'm using a Mac). Would Rev be a good choice to make this? (I have version 2.2.1) I do have a PC if there a good (and inexpensive) alternative. The screen saver will be free but the site is commercial. I don't post many question, but I'm a regular reader-- there's a lot of really cool, generous people on this list. Thanks. Marty Knapp Westshore Craftworks LLC www.westshorecraftworks.com www.sittingbullies.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
Marty, you can build screensaver with Rev but only for the Windows platform, you will not be able to build screensavers for mac or linux, only windows... for your pleasure time I put togheter a little primer teaching how to build screensavers for windows with Rev... it's located at: http://www.soapdog.org/rev/scrsaverprimer.rev type go stack URL http://www.soapdog.org/rev/scrsaverprimer.rev; in the message box to get you running! cheers and good luck! andre On Jan 29, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: I need to build a simple screen saver to have available for download on my wife's web site. I'm assuming that most people will want a windows version (I'm using a Mac). Would Rev be a good choice to make this? (I have version 2.2.1) I do have a PC if there a good (and inexpensive) alternative. The screen saver will be free but the site is commercial. I don't post many question, but I'm a regular reader-- there's a lot of really cool, generous people on this list. Thanks. Marty Knapp Westshore Craftworks LLC www.westshorecraftworks.com www.sittingbullies.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On 1/29/05 11:52 AM, Andre Garzia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you can build screensaver with Rev but only for the Windows platform, you will not be able to build screensavers for mac or linux, only windows... for your pleasure time I put togheter a little primer teaching how to build screensavers for windows with Rev... Thanks Andre! Marty Knapp ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
Andre, you can build screensaver with Rev but only for the Windows platform, you will not be able to build screensavers for mac or linux, only windows... I'm afraid that's wrong. A couple of years ago I built 3 different screensavers for Mac using MetaCard. There's a trick (involving another commercial product) and I guess it must work with Rev as well, although I haven't tried... JB ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On Jan 29, 2005, at 6:47 PM, jbv wrote: I'm afraid that's wrong. A couple of years ago I built 3 different screensavers for Mac using MetaCard. There's a trick (involving another commercial product) and I guess it must work with Rev as well, although I haven't tried... JB JB, in the primer I talk about this, I talk about me being clueless regarding to MacOS Classic savers... but at least for MacOS X it's impossible without some hacking for the app must link against lot's of frameworks including screensaver.framework, and Rev does not enable this... Andre -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
On Jan 29, 2005, at 6:47 PM, jbv wrote: I'm afraid that's wrong. A couple of years ago I built 3 different screensavers for Mac using MetaCard. There's a trick (involving another commercial product) and I guess it must work with Rev as well, although I haven't tried... JB JB, and if you could tell me this product or put some links for us to try this savers would be great :D (I am very fond of screen savers) Cheers andre -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
and AFAIR, roughly at the same time as I was working on those screensavers for Mac, a Linux addict told me that it was quite simple to use any executable file and to configure it in Linux so that it launches automatically under certain conditions... but I'm far from being an expert on this... and btw may be this is also possible under MacOSX... JB On Jan 29, 2005, at 6:47 PM, jbv wrote: I'm afraid that's wrong. A couple of years ago I built 3 different screensavers for Mac using MetaCard. There's a trick (involving another commercial product) and I guess it must work with Rev as well, although I haven't tried... JB JB, in the primer I talk about this, I talk about me being clueless regarding to MacOS Classic savers... but at least for MacOS X it's impossible without some hacking for the app must link against lot's of frameworks including screensaver.framework, and Rev does not enable this... Andre -- Andre Alves Garzia ? 2004 ? BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
Well, I'm not sure I can publicly explain how to hack a commercial product... but actually, a simple google search about tools for screensavers will give you the answer... and afair I didn't even buy that product, just used the trial version... JB and if you could tell me this product or put some links for us to try this savers would be great :D (I am very fond of screen savers) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen saver?
For linux, the screen saver is a plain executable, but due to the different nature of the window managers, I am left without knowing if it is really that simple, like what parameters are passed in Gnome, and in KDE, and afterstep... there are so many options Also in MacOS X, you cannot simply use a executable (I tried) it didn't passed the test... For mac classic, there are some settings that must go inside the resource fork, but thats all, the rest is you executable. I'll research more under linux and macos classic and update de primer if we find that it is simple enought! Thanks andre ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On 27/04/2004, at 16:40, Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like the AppleScript, it works fine so long as the screen saver time limit hasn't been reached, now to test if it has. For anyone who is interested, the script is slightly different to the one Andre suggested: get shell(ps -auxc | grep quote ScreenSaverE quote) if it is empty then exit to top put word 2 of it into pID get shell (kill pID) Sarah If it works, then Transcript now supports the kill command for OS X, including nominating the signal type (including 9). You are sending sig 1 or 15 (I forget which) in the above. regards David Many thanks, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
if our strategies trying to KILL the process fail, can we go for AppleEvents? Can't we send a Hey Quit! apple event direct to the app without using AppleScript? Cheers Andre -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, Fiddling with settings with pmset? Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, /usr/bin/pmset -a dim 0 maybe Dar ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, but I am tantalizingly close to being able to turn off the screen saver. tell application ScreenSaverEngine to quit I guess you already tried this. Dar ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On 27/04/2004, at 19:20, Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, it doesn't work if the screen saver has come on after it's time setting. In fact it is exactly the same as the AppleScript. You can see it happening as the screens saver goes off for about half a second, then comes straight back on again :-( Most frustrating as it seems that it is ALMOST working. Thanks for all your help anyway, Sarah To be precise, did your tests include kill -9, the real killer? regards David Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On 27 Apr 2004, at 11:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 6 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:21:33 +1000 From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic To: How to use Revolution [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sorry, it doesn't work if the screen saver has come on after it's time setting. In fact it is exactly the same as the AppleScript. You can see it happening as the screens saver goes off for about half a second, then comes straight back on again :-( Most frustrating as it seems that it is ALMOST working. Thanks for all your help anyway, Sarah Like the AppleScript, it works fine so long as the screen saver time limit hasn't been reached, now to test if it has. For anyone who is interested, the script is slightly different to the one Andre suggested: get shell(ps -auxc | grep quote ScreenSaverE quote) if it is empty then exit to top put word 2 of it into pID get shell (kill pID) Sarah If it works, then Transcript now supports the kill command for OS X, including nominating the signal type (including 9). You are sending sig 1 or 15 (I forget which) in the above. regards David This works over here: on wakeUp put tell application quote Finder quote cr \ quit application quote ScreenSaverEngine quote cr end tell into a do a as applescript end wakeUp HTW Greetings, WA ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
Sarah, I don't know if this will work but due to previously unstable OSs I have been waking my system from sleep by hitting the spacebar. It works every time. When I used to move the mouse it would do what you said and sometimes it would work. So I got in the habit of just tapping the space bar once. Maybe a mouse down sent to the space bar would also do the trick from within REV I don't have the time right now to test it, Let me know if it works. Tom On Apr 27, 2004, at 1:20 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, but I am tantalizingly close to being able to turn off the screen saver. Has anyone else managed to do this? If it can't be done, I guess I can always write myself a fake screen saver in Revolution, but I would rather let the system do all the work :-) Cheers, Sarah Thomas J. McGrath III SCS 1000 Killarney Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15234 412-885-8541 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at 02:10 AM, Dar Scott wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, /usr/bin/pmset -a dim 0 I have slept on this, but have not tried it. You might use pmset -g to get the dim setting, then the above to turn on the display and then restore it. It has to run as root to make changes. Dar ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
I dunno if this will help, but here was an old trick floating around for playing the screen saver on your desktop: From terminal: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background I suppose there might be other options, perhaps a stop or quit command or the like, although none of it appears to be documented... Sorry, it doesn't work if the screen saver has come on after it's time setting. In fact it is exactly the same as the AppleScript. You can see it happening as the screens saver goes off for about half a second, then comes straight back on again :-( Most frustrating as it seems that it is ALMOST working. Thanks for all your help anyway, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
Meanwhile, I guess I just have to make my own slide show screen saver :-( When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Maybe the screen saver could be black with a super large machine number in grey. Or do your dancing logo thing. Or .. I want a slide show of the images in my Pictures folder. Will you make this as part of your app with a system window or will you make a screen saver plugin? Since I can't control the built-in screen saver, it will have to be either part of my existing app, or maybe better as a second app that my main app can start stop. Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On 28/04/2004, at 10:19, Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to everyone for their suggestions, however none of them will do what I need. Using either AppleScript's quit of the shell's kill (with or without -9) works fine if you have started the screen saver by pushing the mouse into the specified corner. If the screen saver has come on after it's set time, both these methods stop the current screen saver process but another one is immediately started. Sarah What is the parent process ID of the new process that starts (try ps -ajx)? Is it something else you can reasonably kill, so it will not spawn further savers? As an aside, I am wondering if these behaviours are related to a problem I have where my Powerbook will occasionally refuse to wake properly - the disk sounds are all as usual but the screen never clears and the only resort is the reset button. regards David Cheers, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
Hi All, I have a program running under OS X that monitors some electronics. As it operates 24/7, I let the screen saver come on and after some hours, I even let the screen go to sleep. My problem is getting the screen to activate itself when the electronics send a message that it needs to display. I have tried an AppleScript to turn off the screen saver: quit application ScreenSaverEngine This works fine if the screen saver was turned on manually by pushing the mouse pointer into the corner, but if the screen saver has come on after it's set time, when the script tries to turn it off, it goes off for about a second, displays the underlying Rev window, then comes back on again. I have tried moving the mouse pointer location in Revolution but this doesn't fool the screen saver setting :-( I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, but I am tantalizingly close to being able to turn off the screen saver. Has anyone else managed to do this? If it can't be done, I guess I can always write myself a fake screen saver in Revolution, but I would rather let the system do all the work :-) Cheers, Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.troz.net/Rev/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, but I am tantalizingly close to being able to turn off the screen saver. Has anyone else managed to do this? If it can't be done, I guess I can always write myself a fake screen saver in Revolution, but I would rather let the system do all the work :-) Here is a silly idea. My screen save will turn on or off if I leave the pointer in some particular corner depending on some settings. Maybe you can move the mouse to some corner of the screen. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, but I am tantalizingly close to being able to turn off the screen saver. Has anyone else managed to do this? If it can't be done, I guess I can always write myself a fake screen saver in Revolution, but I would rather let the system do all the work :-) Here is a silly idea. My screen save will turn on or off if I leave the pointer in some particular corner depending on some settings. Maybe you can move the mouse to some corner of the screen. That was my first idea, but the screen saver doesn't seem to recognize that as a mouse move. Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: OS X screen saver - somewhat off topic
On Apr 27, 2004, at 2:20 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I realize that I probably won't be able to wake the screen from sleep, but I am tantalizingly close to being able to turn off the screen saver. Has anyone else managed to do this? If it can't be done, I guess I can always write myself a fake screen saver in Revolution, but I would rather let the system do all the work :-) okay, I am being radical, but can't you kill the process using shell function? you could fetch the process using: ps -aux | grep ScreenSaverEngine first word will be process ID (pid) then to a: kill --KILL pid This is radical, but if the process is dead then screen saver cannot be on display right!? Cheers Andre PS: I think that kill bill movie is making me a violent coder... -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
