XGONE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 25 February 1987
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NAME

xgone - lock the screen under the X window system

SYNOPSIS

xgone args

DESCRIPTION

Xgone locks the screen until a keypress is entered. While waiting, it displays a message telling where the person went and when they started the program and moves this text around the screen to avoid burning them in at a particular location.

If no args are provided, the program displays the text X Gone along with the time. If args are provided, then the concatenation of the arguments, separated by spaces, is displayed instead of the default string.

To leave xgone, press any mouse key. If password checking is enabled, it will prompt you for your password, which will not be echoed on the display. End the password with ``Return.'' As an accelerator, you may simply type your password. Password checking is disabled by default, so any input will then cause xgone to exit.

OPTIONS

-font Specify the font to use for text on the screen.
-sleep Specify the interval between moves of the block of text on the screen.
-delay Make the program drop in the background and delay starting for a few seconds. This is helpful when invoking xgone from a menu inside window managers like twm which don't allow a "grab" of mouse for a short time right at startup.
-passwd Enable password checking.

DEFAULTS

xgone.Font: fontname (same as -font)
xgone.Text: default text to use instead of "X Gone"
xgone.Sleep: sleeptime in seconds (same as -sleep)
xgone.Update: interval between updates (same as -update)
xgone.Delay: boolean (same as -delay)
xgone.Passwd: boolean, with true indicating password checking should be done.

FILES

/etc/passwd

AUTHOR

Originally written for X10 by Tim Morgan at UCI.
Modified and extended for X11 by Richard Johnson also at UCI.
Modified by Fred Douglis for Sprite.

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