[Qt-interest] Qt and screensaver with X11

[Constantin Makshin]

Take a look at
http://linux.die.net/man/3/xscreensaverqueryextension

On Thursday 21 October 2010 01:39:03 Bartosh Wroblevksy wrote:
> 
> Ok, and how can I programmatically tell it to start a Qt widget as a screensaver? Is there a X method for that? 
> 
> > From: cmakshin at gmail.com
> > To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
> > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:35:49 +0400
> > Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Qt and screensaver with X11
> > 
> > Obviously, XActivateScreensaver() starts/activates the currently configured screensaver, not some "random" application.
> > 
> > On Thursday 21 October 2010 01:26:16 Bartosh Wroblevksy wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > First off, thanks for the interest. 
> > > And please bear with me, because this is very new to me. The X methods
> > > 
> > > XActivateScreenSaver(display) Display *displayand XSetScreenSaver(display, timeout, interval, prefer_blanking, allow_exposures)
> > > programmed like this in this sequence:
> > > 
> > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {     XSetScreenSaver(display, 1000, 1000,  DontPreferBlanking                     , DefaultExposures );         XActivateScreenSaver(display);
> > >    return 0; }
> > > 
> > > will activate a screensaver that is actually the X logo. But I wanted to know if the method XActivateScreenSaver(display) can activate a "hello world" QWidget instead.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bartosh