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1 Color Message 2 ============= 3 4 Description 5 ----------- 6 Based on the message patch, This patch lets you add a message to your lock screen, using 24 bit color ANSI escape codes. 7 8 Exactly like in the original patch, You can place a default message in `config.h`, and you can also pass a message with `-m message` 9 10 For example, you can run 11 12 slock -m "$(printf "text colored \x1b[38;2;0;255;0m green\x1b[39m\n")" 13 14 to color a single word 15 16 Or, you can go all in and run 17 18 slock -m "$(cowsay "$(fortune)" | lolcat -ft)" 19 20 Notes 21 ----- 22 This adds three items to `config.h`: 23 24 * `message` - the default message 25 * `text_color` - the color used when no color codes are in effect. can be a hex color or a colorname 26 * `font_name` - which must be some valid X11 font name like "6x10". 27 28 *A list of font names can be generated with* `slock -f` 29 30 *When using lolcat you should add the -ft options* 31 32 Download 33 -------- 34 * [slock-colormessage-20200210-35633d4.diff](slock-colormessage-20200210-35633d4.diff) 35 36 37 Authors 38 ------- 39 * Guy Shefy - guyshefyb@gmail.com 40 * Based on patch by Blair Drummond - blair.robert.drummond@gmail.com