Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: Xdmkey - 'nother toy to spice up XDM
Message-ID: <pgpmoose.199703111122.12177@liw.clinet.fi>
From: Bo <bo@bikerider.com>
Date: 11 Mar 1997 09:22:08 GMT
Reply-To: bo@bikerider.com
Organization: Ebony
Keywords: xdm, xlogin
Summary: xdmkey maps/unmaps xlogin widget (xdm).
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
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Title:          xdmkey
Version:        0.9beta
Entered-date:   10MAR97
Description:	Xdmkey  puts  a  small ``clickable''  image of a  
                key  on  the XDM login screen.  By  clicking it, 
                you  toggle  mapping and unmapping of the xlogin 
                widget (so you can make it appear or disappear).
Keywords:       xdm, xlogin
Author:         bo@bikerider.com (Bo)
Maintained-by:  bo@bikerider.com (Bo)
Primary-site:   ftp.digi.nl /pub/bo/xdmkey/
		9k xdmkey-0.9.tar.gz
Alternate-site:
Original-site:  ftp.digi.nl /pub/bo/xdmkey/
		9k xdmkey-0.9.tar.gz
Platforms:      Unix (I did it on Linux), X11, requires XPM lib
Copying-policy: Permission to freely use this software for non-
		commercial purposes. Permission to redistribute 
		the archive - again for non-commercial purposes 
		only provided you keep the archive complete and
		do not modify the files therein.
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[an excerpt from the README]


Xdmkey  puts  a  ``clickable''  image  of  a  small key on the XDM login
screen.  By  clicking it, you toggle mapping and unmapping of the xlogin
widget  (so  you  can  make  it  appear  or  disappear  at will). It was
conceived  after  I  had  configured XDM to put a nice background on the
root  window  and  I  noticed  that the xlogin widget covered most of my
background image. I thought this was a rather elegant solution.

Once  xdmkey  is  running  (started  from  the XDM config files) it will
unmap  the xlogin window and that's that. When you move the pointer over
the  key,  it  will change to a hand - indicating that you can press the
mouse  button. If you do so, the xlogin widget will re-appear so you can
log in. Click again, and it disappears. Get the idea? ;)

usage: /usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/xdmkey [-hs] [-pw <arg>]
 -h : print what you are reading right now
 -s : use the shape extension for transparancy
 -p <xpm file>   : override default pixmap (the key)
 -w <windowname> : override default window (xlogin)

The  ``-s''  flag  is  neat  when you don't have a solid background. The
``-p''  flag  allows  you  to  use  another pixmap if you don't like the
default  key.  I  admit  I'm not much of an artist. Finally, there's the
``-w''  flag  that  allows  you to choose another window to toggle. It's
there  because  I  needed  that  during testing and debugging. Note that
using  both  the ``-p'' and ``-w'' option you can toggle any application
window  on  your  desktop. When used like this it's acting as an icon of
some sort... not particulary useful I suppose.

Looks kinda neat though :)

Enjoy,
	Bo.

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