Just because adding the kludgy option you keep asking for might not be hard does not mean it's the right fix.
Having been maintaining this software for 18 years, I am more interested in having xscreensaver be consistent and non-kludgy than in fixing your problem *today*. Waiting for the proper fix always saves me pain in the long term. So, seriously, you're not going to convince me to add this kludge. You are wasting your breath. If you want it to work differently, write code to make xscreensaver aware of batteries, and send me a patch. That is the only option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org