mate-screensaver-command(1)

✨ mate-screensaver-command ✨

okay bestie, so this is the mate-screensaver-command page from the General Commands Manual — she's a little command-line remote control for your screensaver, and she's about to be your new fave 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

mate-screensaver-command — controls MATE screensaver 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mate-screensaver-command [OPTION...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, mate-screensaver-command is the tool you use to boss around an already running instance of mate-screensaver. that's it, that's the whole job. it doesn't start the screensaver, it doesn't raise it, it just talks to the one that's already out there living its best life. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --exit — makes the screensaver exit, but like… gracefully. no drama, she leaves the party politely. 🫶
• -q, --query — asks the screensaver what's up. query the state of the screensaver. 🔍
• -t, --time — query the length of time the screensaver has been active. how long has she been on? we need the numbers. ⏱️
• -l, --lock — tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately. right now. no waiting. 🔒
• -u, --unlock — tells the running screensaver process to unlock the screen immediately. we're free!! 🔓
• -c, --cycle — if the screensaver is active, switch to another graphics demo. new demo, who dis. 🌈
• -a, --activate — turn the screensaver on (blank the screen). bye bye pixels. 😴
• -d, --deactivate — if the screensaver is active then deactivate it (un-blank the screen). wakey wakey. ☀️
• -p, --poke — poke the running screensaver to simulate user activity. it's a little nudge, like "hey bestie, someone's here." 👉👀
• -i, --inhibit — inhibit the screensaver from activating. and listen: command blocks while inhibit is active — so your terminal is just gonna sit there vibing until it's done. don't panic, she's fine. 🧘
• -n, --application-name — the calling application that is inhibiting the screensaver. 💬
• -r, --reason — the reason for inhibiting the screensaver. spill the tea, why are we blocking her? 🍵
• -V, --version — version of this application. ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

this manual page was originally written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> for gnome-screensaver-command. credit where credit is due, periodt. 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• mate-screensaver(1)

and that's the whole page!! this one comes to you from MATE, dated 2007-09-27, and it's the mate-screensaver-command(1) manual — go forth and control that screensaver, bestie, you've got this 💜✨🎀