commit 5a7e156bfcd7d1c901dbc82f0c41b2c896f416b3
parent 52a0ef011873efe3b39bcec3ff218f9318dd7178
Author: Benoît Dardenne <benoit.dardenne@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 20:24:49 +0200
Adding explanation about using compositors to do blurring
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git 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
