Bug#706391: ITP: slimlock -- screen locker based on SLiM and slock

[Samuel Sanchez <sanchez@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

Hi,

well slimlock does not much more then locking your screen and is
designed for seamless integration in SLiM.

I added slim as dependency, because slimlock uses the same themes SLiM
uses and looks for them in /usr/share/slim/themes. The look screen looks
then just like the login screen
However, in principle SLiM is not required for slimlock to work as
slimlock only reads the config files to know, which theme to use. This
could also be provided by a dummy config file.

So all in all, this package is aimed to users who use SLiM and desire a
screen locker which is very light and integrates itself smoothly with
SLiM. Thus, I added slim as dependency just to deal with the required
themes and config files in a clean way.

Regards,
  Sam


On 04/29/2013 10:56 PM, Vincent Danjean wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> Le 29/04/2013 17:35, Samuel Sanchez a écrit :
>>   Description     : screen locker based on SLiM and slock
>>
>> Slimlock is a slim locker based on slock and SLiM. In contrast to slock,
>> which displays a black screen which goes away if the right password is
>> typed, slimlock displays (if slim is used) a lock screen which matches
>> the login screen. Furthermore it supports DPMS and blocking virtual
>> terminal switching.
>>
>> Slimlock reads your slim config files and uses the same interface.
>> If you use SliM already, then it should work for you automatically.
> 
>   You should add (at least) a word about SliM into your long
> description. For now, only reading your text, I only guess that
> slimlock can lock your screen, waiting for you to type your
> password. SliM is probably a key point of this software but I
> do not know anything of it from the description.
> 
>   Regards,
>     Vincent
>