xfce4-scre...ver-command(1)

💖 xfce4-screensaver-command — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so you're reading the xfce4-screensaver-command(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? you came to the right place. this lil tool controls Xfce screensaver and she's lowkey iconic for it. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

xfce4-screensaver-command — controls Xfce screensaver. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's the remote control for your screensaver, periodt 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

xfce4-screensaver-command [OPTION...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so real talk: xfce4-screensaver-command is the tool you use to control an already running instance of xfce4-screensaver. not me showing up to boss around a screensaver that's already out there living its main character life 😭 she's not starting anything new, she's just directing the one that's already on stage. no cap.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

every single one, no skipping, we don't gatekeep here 💖

• --exit — tells the screensaver to exit, gracefully of course. she leaves the party politely, no drama 🫶
• -q, --query — asks the screensaver "hey girl, what's your state rn?" like a lil vibe check 👑
• -t, --time — queries how long the screensaver has been active. clocking her hours fr fr ⭐
• -l, --lock — tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately. right now. no waiting. it's giving locked and secured 🔥
• -c, --cycle — if the screensaver is active, switch to another graphics demo. next slide bestie, keep it fresh 🌈
• -a, --activate — turns the screensaver on (blank the screen). bye bye pixels, hello void 💀
• -d, --deactivate — if the screensaver is active, deactivate it (un-blank the screen). welcome back, we missed you 😭
• -p, --poke — pokes the running screensaver to simulate user activity. just a lil nudge, "i'm still here bestie" 🙈
• -i, --inhibit — inhibits the screensaver from activating. heads up: the command blocks while inhibit is active. so yeah, she just sits there and waits, holding the line 🧚
• -n, --application-name — the calling application that is inhibiting the screensaver. like a name tag at the door 💜
• -r, --reason — the reason for inhibiting the screensaver. spill the tea, why are we blocking it 🍓
• -V, --version — version of this application. the receipts ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

this manual page was originally written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> for gnome-screensaver-command. giving credit where credit is due, we love a documented king 💖

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

• xfce4-screensaver(1)

the way that one little cross-reference is doing so much for us, iykyk 🦋

and that's the whole page bestie!! shipped to you courtesy of the Xfce Desktop Environment, dated 2018-10-14 — an absolute classic, we stan a timeless bop 💖✨🎀💅