https://github.com/vincentbernat/xssproxy

Forward freedesktop.org Idle Inhibition Service calls to Xss
https://github.com/vincentbernat/xssproxy

screensaver x11

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Forward freedesktop.org Idle Inhibition Service calls to Xss

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vincentbernat/xssproxy
• Owner: vincentbernat
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-08-24T15:00:32.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-11T16:10:46.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-11T14:40:16.545Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: screensaver, x11
• Language: C
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• Size: 29.3 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# xssproxy

Forward freedesktop.org Idle Inhibition Service calls to Xss

## Description

xssproxy implements the *org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver* D-Bus interface described

in the [Idle Inhibition Service Draft][idle-inhibition] by the freedesktop.org

developers.

The inhibition of the screensaver is then controlled using the

`XScreenSaverSuspend` function from the

[Xss (X11 Screen Saver extension) library][xss].

## Usage

To use run in your *~/.xinitrc* file.

The program doesn't return so you need to run it in the background.

    xssproxy &

To ignore some applications, like Firefox, use `-i firefox`.

## Installation

### Debian

    sudo apt-get install xssproxy

### NixOS

    nix-env -i xssproxy

### Compiling

    make

    make install

[idle-inhibition]: https://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/idle-inhibition-spec/index.html

[xss]: https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/man/man3/Xss.3.xhtml