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

[Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes <cerdiogenes yahoo com br>]

On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 15:37 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:20 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> No, it isn't.

I forgot to say... it's being maintaned separately from XOrg sources in
the following address: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/

> 
> > 
> > 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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