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Watch for display and system sleep/wake/power events and for fast user switching session events.

This module is based primarily on code from the previous incarnation of Mjolnir by Steven Degutis.

API Overview

Constants - Useful values which cannot be changed

screensaverDidStart
screensaverDidStop
screensaverWillStop
screensDidLock
screensDidSleep
screensDidUnlock
screensDidWake
sessionDidBecomeActive
sessionDidResignActive
systemDidWake
systemWillPowerOff
systemWillSleep

Constructors - API calls which return an object, typically one that offers API methods

new

Methods - API calls which can only be made on an object returned by a constructor

start
stop

API Documentation

Constants

screensaverDidStart

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensaverDidStart`
Type	Constant
Description	The screensaver started
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

screensaverDidStop

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensaverDidStop`
Type	Constant
Description	The screensaver stopped
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

screensaverWillStop

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensaverWillStop`
Type	Constant
Description	The screensaver is about to stop
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

screensDidLock

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensDidLock`
Type	Constant
Description	The screen was locked
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

screensDidSleep

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensDidSleep`
Type	Constant
Description	The displays have gone to sleep
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

screensDidUnlock

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensDidUnlock`
Type	Constant
Description	The screen was unlocked
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

screensDidWake

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.screensDidWake`
Type	Constant
Description	The displays have woken from sleep
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

sessionDidBecomeActive

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.sessionDidBecomeActive`
Type	Constant
Description	The session became active, due to fast user switching
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

sessionDidResignActive

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.sessionDidResignActive`
Type	Constant
Description	The session is no longer active, due to fast user switching
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

systemDidWake

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.systemDidWake`
Type	Constant
Description	The system woke from sleep
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

systemWillPowerOff

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.systemWillPowerOff`
Type	Constant
Description	The user requested a logout or shutdown
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

systemWillSleep

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.systemWillSleep`
Type	Constant
Description	The system is preparing to sleep
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

Constructors

new

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher.new(fn) -> watcher`
Type	Constructor
Description	Creates a watcher object for system and display sleep/wake/power events
Parameters	fn - A function that will be called when system/display events happen. It should accept one parameter: An event type (see the constants defined above)
Returns	An `hs.caffeinate.watcher` object
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

Methods

start

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher:start()`
Type	Method
Description	Starts the sleep/wake watcher
Parameters	None
Returns	An `hs.caffeinate.watcher` object
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m

stop

Signature	`hs.caffeinate.watcher:stop()`
Type	Method
Description	Stops the sleep/wake watcher
Parameters	None
Returns	An `hs.caffeinate.watcher` object
Source	extensions/caffeinate/watcher.m