Re: [g-a-devel] gnome-mag and LoginHelper interface

[Bill Haneman <gnome billhaneman ie>]

Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Could you present me a use-case where I can just see it work (and them
> remove the interface and appreciate the difference), or there isn't any
> application that make use of the LoginHelper interface?
>   

Sun's build of xscreensaver uses it.  I am not sure if community 
xscreensaver sources have included these changes or not, perhaps it's in 
recent XOrg source builds?

Bill
> Best regards,
> Carlos.
>
> On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 16:00 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
> wrote:
>   
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 14:45 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote:
> >     
> > > Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Hi all!
> > > >
> > > > Hi Bill! Some time ago you told me that removing the LoginHelper
> > > > interface from gnome-mag would broken it. Could you provide me use cases
> > > > where I can see the importance of this interface and how it's act?
> > > >   
> > > >         
> > > Hi Carlos;
> > >
> > > The primary use for LoginHelper (which should probably have been called 
> > > AuthenticationHelper instead) is to allow assistive technologies and 
> > > services to continue to operate during screen blanking and various kinds 
> > > of authentication processes. 
> > >
> > > For instance, when the screensaver lock is active, the magnifier window 
> > > cannot normally be seen.  The LoginHelper interface allows the 
> > > screensaver dialog to query whether any assistive technologies or 
> > > services need access to desktop services during authentication.  In the 
> > > magnifier+screensaver use case, LoginHelper tells the screensaver that 
> > > access to the Xserver display is required, and that a particular window 
> > > (the magnifier's toplevel window) needs to be raised.
> > >       
> > If I understand right the screensaver raises the magnifier window only
> > when it asks for the password? I tried here with xscreensaver and with
> > gnome-screensaver (in the last the authentication mechanism isn't
> > working) and anyone raise the magnifier window.
> >
> > I only have it raised when using the OverlayWindow, but this is a
> > standard behavior, and when running OpenGL screensavers these interfere
> > in the magnifier window.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Carlos.
> >
> >     
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >       
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Carlos.
> > > >
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