Re: Screensaver support for the Hurd console

[Bas Wijnen]

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    I think the second way to configure screensavers is the best.  What
>    do you think?
>
> I think it sucks, the console client and all plugins already take so
> many arguments that it is very confusing.

I think it should be possible to use a configuration file, however it 
should still be possible to override anything in there with a command 
line option.  Of course, with a proper configuration file, you don't 
need that a lot.  But hacking a config file if you just want to test 
something is annoying, and shouldn't be needed.

I think the possible arguments to the console client should be constant, 
which means there will be no arguments registered by plugins.  So 
--dpms-standby doesn't seem like a good option to me.  Ideally, not only 
the timing, but also the number of events should be configurable. 
Perhaps a user wants --screensaver="10:life,30:vga_standby,30:vga_off" 
(for life after 10 minutes, stand by 30 minutes later, and off 30 
minutes after that).  Or "20:blank" between life and stand by.  The 
number of steps should not be hard coded, IMO.  And of course it should 
be possible to let it choose randomly from a list (which probably 
doesn't include "blank", "standby" and "off").  :-)

> In short, the console-client should be changed to use Guile

Personally, I very much dislike config files to be scripts.  It's best 
if they are just a list of key-value pairs, one per line, separated by 
tab or =.  Some config files are not suitable for such a simple format, 
but I think this one is.

Thanks,
Bas

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