From 5a7e156bfcd7d1c901dbc82f0c41b2c896f416b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Beno=C3=AEt=20Dardenne?= Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 20:24:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adding explanation about using compositors to do blurring --- i3lock.1 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/i3lock.1 b/i3lock.1 index d2767ed..c826b98 100644 --- a/i3lock.1 +++ b/i3lock.1 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ gets you the current screen dimensions in the wxh (e.g. 1920x1080) format. .BI \-c\ rrggbbaa \fR,\ \fB\-\-color= rrggbbaa Turn the screen into the given color instead of white. Color must be given in 4-byte format: rrggbbaa (i.e. ff0000ff is opaque red). -Use the last byte for alpha. Setting this below FF will allow your screen to be shown translucently. (i.e. ff000088). +Use the last byte for alpha. Setting this below FF (i.e. ff000088) will allow your screen to be shown translucently if you use a compositor (e.g. compton, xcompmgr). .TP .B \-t, \-\-tiling @@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ Note that this number is zero indexed. The ordering is dependent on libxinerama. .B \-B=sigma, \-\-blur=sigma Captures the screen and blurs it using the given sigma (radius). Images may still be overlaid over the blurred screenshot. +As an alternative to this option, you could specify a translucent background color +(-c option) with a fully transparent or translucent color, and use a compositor to perform blurring (e.g. compton, picom). .TP .B \-\-indicator