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otak-screensaver

otak-screensaver

Tsuyoshi Otake

odangoo.com
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24 installs
| (2) | Free
Show retro screensavers (Beziers / Mystify / Flying Windows) inside VS Code.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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otak-screensaver

Beziers Mystify Flying Windows

Run classic screensavers (Beziers / Mystify / Flying Windows) right inside VS Code.

Usage

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  • Click the status bar icon to toggle on/off
  • Launch from the Command Palette
    • Toggle ScreenSaver
    • ScreenSaver: Beziers
    • ScreenSaver: Mystify
    • ScreenSaver: Flying Windows
  • Enable auto start to launch after inactivity (stops on input)

Settings

  • otakScreensaver.mode: random / beziers / mystify / flyingWindows
  • otakScreensaver.autoStart: auto start (true/false, default true)
  • otakScreensaver.idleMinutes: idle time before auto start in minutes (default 5)
  • otakScreensaver.preventDisplaySleep: best effort screen wake lock while screensaver is open (true/false, default true)
  • otakScreensaver.codespacesKeepAlive: periodic keep-alive heartbeat for GitHub Codespaces (true/false, default true)
  • otakScreensaver.codespacesKeepAliveIntervalMinutes: heartbeat interval in minutes when keep-alive is enabled (default 3)

Development

  1. Open this folder in VS Code
  2. Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host
  3. For auto-compile: npm install then Run Extension (Watch)
  4. Japanese sentence-ending colon check: npm run lint:jp-colon
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