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The xscreensaver program waits until the keyboard and mouse have
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been idle for a period, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at
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random. It turns off as soon as there is any mouse or keyboard
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activity. It can also lock the screen (immediately, after a longer
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idle period, or on demand.) xscreensaver consists of two parts:
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xscreensaver itself, the (the ``driver'' or ``daemon''), which
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detects idleness and does locking; and the many graphics demos that
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are launched by xscreensaver.
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Any X program that can draw on the root window can be used with
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xscreensaver, regardless of how that program is written, or what
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language it is written in, or what libraries it uses. The xscreensaver
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daemon takes care of detecting when the user is idle, locking, and
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checking passwords and all the other book-keeping; all the other
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programs need to do is draw.
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The benefit that xscreensaver has over the combination of the xlock
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and xautolock programs is the ease with which new graphics hacks
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can be installed. You don't need to recompile (or even re-run) the
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xscreensaver program to add a new display mode, you just change a
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config file.
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WWW: ${HOMEPAGE}
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