Re: Inhibiting blanking/locking while video is running (was Re: Removing disable idle system screenlock as default behaviour for Plasma 5)

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On Monday 27 April 2015 16:31:30 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> As I tried to say, my take on this is that the problem should be dealt
> with at another level. Blanking/locking the screen is a desktop policy
> issue. It should not be left to the individual apps to decide whether to
> implement something reasonable or not. I would ask for a *global* switch
> (we can argue about what the default should be) that allows the user to
> inhibit blanking/locking while a video is running. It may be that the
> condition "video is running in some window" is not easy to detect
> reliably, and maybe that's why it hasn't been done for X Window
> environments, but we can dream.

Not sure about others, but I do employ feature of screen corners, with one 
configured to lock immediately, and other to  stop screen from locking.  Works 
fine IMHO.

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Piotr Gbyliczek
Solutions Architect (LPIC 3, Novell CLA certified)
Reconnix Ltd
T:  0845 421 0444 
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