Hello!

I've configured the screenaver, but I don't think it is doing anything.

Config/Display/Misc/Screensaver:

+------------------------------------+
. .
. Screen-saver (sec.) 30 .
. .
. [x] Scroll out .
. [ ] Lock screen-blanker .
. .
. [ ] Password at startup .
. .
. [x] Show User-name .
. .
. Headline 1 .
. Headline 2 .
. .
+------------------------------------+

What am I supposed to expect to see with a "Scroll out" effect?

I've had OXP unattended for MINUTES, but I never see anything that would suggest that the screensaver is active.




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Hello August!

## 12.05.19 at 20:26:00, August Abolins wrote to All:

I've configured the screenaver, but I don't think it is doing anything.

It's not doing anything here either.

Config/Display/Misc/Screensaver:

+------------------------------------+ .
. . Screen-saver (sec.) 30 . .
. . [x] Scroll out . . [ ] Lock screen-blanker
. . . . [ ] Password at startup
. . . . [x] Show User-name
. . . . Headline 1
. . Headline 2 . .
. +------------------------------------+

What am I supposed to expect to see with a "Scroll out" effect?

Absolutely no idea, sorry.

I've had OXP unattended for MINUTES, but I never see anything that would suggest that the screensaver is active.

I've managed to activate it by pressing <Alt+1> (press <ESC> to de-activate it)
but I never bother with screensavers these days anyway. IMO, they were
only useful with the old CRT monitors.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 13.05.19 - 14:04, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

I've managed to activate it by pressing <Alt+1> (press <ESC> to de-
activate it) but I never bother with screensavers these days anyway.
IMO, they were only useful with the old CRT monitors.

How did you find out about Alt+1 ?

Same results here, THANK YOU - but I get a blinking starry sky effect.

And, *any* other key press brings us out of the screen saver.

Screen savers like this are a kind of relic of the past, aren't they? I concur wrt crt monitors.

Furthermore, the starry sky seems to operate annoyingly too fast - as if
it was intended to work on much slower computers of days gone by.



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Hello August!

## 13.05.19 at 22:41, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

I've managed to activate it by pressing <Alt+1> (press <ESC> to de-
activate it) but I never bother with screensavers these days anyway.
IMO, they were only useful with the old CRT monitors.

How did you find out about Alt+1 ?

By reading the context help ;))

Same results here, THANK YOU - but I get a blinking starry sky effect.

Yeah, that's what I get.

And, *any* other key press brings us out of the screen saver.

Oh, OK.

Screen savers like this are a kind of relic of the past, aren't they? I concur wrt crt monitors.

Yes, indeed they are, they helped to stop screen burn-in.

Furthermore, the starry sky seems to operate annoyingly too fast - as if it was intended to work on much slower computers of days gone by.

Yup.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 14.05.19 - 13:46, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

How did you find out about Alt+1 ?

By reading the context help ;))

Yeah.. BUT, it will only come up as an ending note in a specific menu -
the trick is/was to know where to go first. And, unlike other control sequences that are highlighted in a different colour from the other text,
the Alt+1 trick is *not* highlighted and therefore even easy to miss.



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Hello August!

## 14.05.19 at 18:29, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

How did you find out about Alt+1 ?

By reading the context help ;))

Yeah.. BUT, it will only come up as an ending note in a specific menu - the trick is/was to know where to go first. And, unlike other control sequences that are highlighted in a different colour from the other text, the Alt+1 trick is *not* highlighted and therefore even easy to miss.

Noted, thanks.

Regards,
Martin

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