[PyKDE] idle time detection

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Thursday 09 November 2006 20:48, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 09.11.06 19:51:11, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > Can anyone think of some clean way for a PyKDE application to detect idle
> > time?
> >
> > For the Kubuntu powermanager applet, we're currently missing that
> > feature. The usecase would be kicking in a suspend / hibernate / dimming
> > display after N seconds of no mouse or keyboard activity.
>
> You have to hook into X11 then, I think.

Yeah, that's what I read in the KScreensaver code, having zero knowledge of C 
(and C++) makes that kinds hard, though. So I was asking myself if someone 
over here already came up with a solution that I can reuse.
-- 
sebas

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