Subject: Re: [bug#27083] screen-lockers: i3lock-color and i3lock-fancy

From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:47:42 +0100

Hi,

ng0 <[email-masked]> skribis:

> I wonder if it is a bug or lack of functionality in i3lock
> or i3lock-color that I can switch to the tty when it's locked.
> There are other screenlockers that do not allow me to do this,
> the screen is really locked, not just tty7 or whereever your X might
> be running.

Really?  I’m not sure the screen locker, which is a “regular” X11
client, can prevent you from switching to a tty.

> From f11bc2af6aa43cdd52c76c8640fc2d8eff71fa8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: ng0 <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:03:42 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add i3lock-color.
>
> * gnu/packages/wm.scm (i3lock-color): New variable.

Applied with these changes:

diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 8fcce1eab..e3bf01902 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Al McElrath <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Carlo Zancanaro <[email-masked]>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 ng0 <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 doncatnip <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <[email-masked]>
@@ -373,13 +373,13 @@ prompt.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color")
     (synopsis "Screen locker with color configuration support")
     (description
-     "Re-patched version of i3lock, which is a simple screen
-locker like slock.  Features include:
+     "i3lock-color is a simpler X11 screen locker derived from i3lock.
+Features include:
 
 @enumerate
-@item forking process, the locked screen is preserved when you suspend from RAM
-@item specify background color or image to be displayed in the lock screen
-@item many additional color options
+@item forking process, the locked screen is preserved when you suspend to RAM;
+@item specify background color or image to be displayed in the lock screen;
+@item many additional color options.
 @end enumerate")
     (license license:bsd-3)))

> From 9ea21f2e1c20aceff4ff12bf00cd5b31e0bf02fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: ng0 <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:57:13 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add i3lock-fancy.
>
> * gnu/packages/wm.scm (i3lock-fancy): New variable.

Applied, thanks!

Ludo’.