https://paapereira.xyz/tags/betterlockscreen/Recent content in Tags/Betterlockscreen on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:13:39 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2021/03/betterlockscreen/Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:13:39 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2021/03/betterlockscreen/<p><a href="https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen">betterlockscreen</a> is a simple and minimal lockscreen.</p> <p>I have been using <code>i3lock</code>, witch conflicts with <code>betterlockscreen</code>, so it will be uninstalled.</p> <p>To install:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>paru -S betterlockscreen </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2</span><span>cp /usr/share/doc/betterlockscreen/examples/betterlockscreenrc ~/.config </span></span></code></pre></div><p>In my case, using <code>i3-gaps</code>, I added to <code>~/.config/i3/config</code>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w dim </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2</span><span>exec --no-startup-id xautolock -time 10 -corners 000- -locker &#34;betterlockscreen -l dim&#34; </span></span></code></pre></div><p>And reviewed my session key bindings:</p>