Hi All, Mark, Thanks for the prompt response. This application is a bunch of shell and perl scripts. I was wondering if there is a way to do this without resorting to writing C code. Is there a way to blank and unblank the whole screen in X from the command line?
Thanks Jonathan On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 15:53, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > On 17 Feb 2002, Jonathan Marks wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have an app that displays images and videos in fullscreen. Often when > > killing the one program and starting the next there is a flicker and a > > glimpse of the desktop before the next image/video starts. > > > > I wonder if there is a way to blank the screen, for the period that I > > kill the one program and start the other, and then unblank the screen. > > > > See the man page on XSetScreenSaver and friends. One of those might > do what you want. > > > Mark. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
