commit 50364e73ba5b77dc8f230e95c0e6c11fee82653e
parent c3eac23e199186484d91cc6ceef9f3b29cd0253d
Author: Raymond Li <hi@raymond.li>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:15:59 -0400
Add a note to the manpage
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/i3lock.1 b/i3lock.1
@@ -390,11 +390,16 @@ volume - XF86AudioMute, XF86AudioLowerVolume, XF86AudioRaiseVolume
.TP
.B \-\-special\-passthrough
-Allowed keys to pass through the locked screen, with \-\-pass\-{media, screen,
+Allows special keys to pass through the locked screen, with \-\-pass\-{media, screen,
power, volume}\-keys, are forcibly sent to the window manager or desktop
environment in three steps: release keyboard, send key, and grab the keyboard.
No other keys will be sent to the WM/DE.
+Note: ONLY use this option if the special keys are NOT passed through without it.
+This could be less safe than the default behavior since the keyboard is ungrabbed for
+the keys to be passed through. This HAS been tested though, so there SHOULDN'T be any
+security issues.
+
.TP
.B \-\-bar\-indicator
Replaces the usual ring indicator with a bar indicator. Comes with perks.
