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instantLOCK

Lock-screen for instantOS


Usage

lock the screen and show a random dad joke

ilock

Pull up a menu to enter a message to leave on the locked screen

ilock message

Script the shown text, put a null string for no text

ilock message customtext

Installation

instantLOCK is the default lockscreen for instantOS
The message menu depends on instantMENU
To compile it locally, clone the repo and run build.sh

instantOS is still in early beta, contributions always welcome

Features

instantLOCK is a fork of slock with some added features that make it more usable to a "normal" computer user The added features include

  • Dot indicators when typing the password
  • A warning message if someone tried (and failed) to unlock the screen
  • Option to unlock screen without a password
  • ilock wrapper
  • Dad jokes

Some features are also based on suckless patches and work pretty much the same

  • Message
  • Xresources
  • Ctrl + U to clear