xidlehook

Because xautolock is annoying to work with.

Warning: This is a really new program, and I've already found (and fixed) a ton of subtle bugs.
I'm not saying it's not going to work, but it might be a little buggy.
Just don't judge it too hard during the first few days, will you?

xidlehook is a general-purpose replacement for xautolock.
It basically just executes a command when the computer has been idle for _ minutes.

Improvments over xautolock: - As well as a notifier, there is now a canceller, for when the user stops it from locking. - Not specific to locking. Multiple instances can run at the same time. - Optionally prevent locking when an application is fullscreen.

Missing features: - Magic corners - Killer stuff - Bell, because you should be using --notify - All the instance related stuff (-activate, -restart, -exit, etc)

Planned features: - Optional communication using unix sockets to allow activating and deactivating it.

Example

Here's a lock using i3lock, with screen dim support.

Bash xidlehook \ --time 5 \ --timer 'xrandr --output "$(xrandr | grep primary | cut -d " " -f 1)" --brightness 1; i3lock' \ --notify 10 \ --notifier 'xrandr --output "$(xrandr | grep primary | cut -d " " -f 1)" --brightness .1' \ --canceller 'xrandr --output "$(xrandr | grep primary | cut -d " " -f 1)" --brightness 1' \ --not-when-fullscreen

Note: Every command is passed through sh -c, so you should be able to mostly use normal syntax.

Installation

Installation using cargo:

cargo install xidlehook

Or if you're on Arch Linux and prefer using the AUR:

AUR package

Or if you want to clone it:

git clone https://github.com/jD91mZM2/xidlehook cd xidlehook cargo build --release