xscreensaver-watcher
A tool to watch xscreensaver events and invoke programs on lock/unlock.
This initial version demonstrates this by watching for lock/unlock events, and invoking Clementine's pause and start commands.
Installation
Put a copy of these scripts (via symlink or whatnot) into ~/bin/ or someplace useful. Right now, this assumes that you have both xscreensaver and Clementine installed.
Usage:
Once per login, invoke this:
xscreensaver-command -watch | python ~/bin/xscreensaver-watcher.pyI've included a shell script that can be used to do this for convenience:
~/bin/clementine-screensaver-watcher.sh > /dev/null &Test/demo:
Fixtures are provided which demonstrate recognition of lock/unlock events. Since the watcher script is not yet generalized, these will cause Clementine to pause/start. ;-)
# Note that this will invoke pause in Clementine.
python xscreensaver-watcher.py < fixtures/lock-example.txtFuture plans:
I should refactor this so that the invocation of things when we see xscreensaver events is separated from whether we run clementine, or any other command.