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4 Description
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6 This patch lets you add a message to your lock screen. You can place a default
7 message in `config.h`, and you can also pass a message with `-m message`
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9 So, for instance, you can run
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11 slock -m "Locked at $(date "+%a %d, %H:%M:%S")"
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13 Or if you want a silly lockscreen
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15 slock -m "$(cowsay "$(fortune)")"
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17 Notes
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19 This adds three items to `config.h`:
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21 * `message` - the default message
22 * `text_color` - which can be a hex color or a colorname (like "black")
23 * `font_name` - which must be some valid X11 font name like "6x10". This variable was (somewhat wrongly) named "text_size" in the previous version.
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25 *A list of font names can be generated with* `slock -f`
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27 Download
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29 * [slock-message-20191002-b46028b.diff](slock-message-20191002-b46028b.diff) --- [bug-fixes](bug-fixes)
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32 Previous Version
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34 * [slock-message-20180626-35633d4.diff](slock-message-20180626-35633d4.diff)
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36 Authors
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38 * Blair Drummond - blair.robert.drummond@gmail.com