ScreenLocker goes KWin

[Marco Martin]

did i mentioned that you rock? ;)

On Sunday 18 September 2011, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> Hello fellow Active Hackers,
> 
> today I sat down and implemented most of the functionality required for
> moving the unlock screen into KWin. You can find the changes in the branch
> farhad_hf/lockscreen of kde-workspace repository.
> 
> It does:
> * screen locking is moved to KWin
> * Effects can handle screen locking
> * Legacy X ScreenSaver supported if there is no effect
> * One simple example effect implemented to illustrate how to use it
> 
> For the usage in Plasma Active a new effect should be written using the
> drag to unlock functionality. I have no idea where I have to search for
> that feature, so I suggest someone else should care about ;-) If you need
> to get mouse events from the Effect to the unlock widget, just have a look
> at the Present Windows effect (yes it's ugly and hacky).
> 
> If you want to try the branch and lock the screen: Space is the magic key.
> 
> More details can be discussed tomorrow late afternoon in Darmstadt.
> 
> Cheers
> Martin


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Marco Martin