element in the list is numbered 1, not 0.)
.TP 8
.B \-exit
-Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully. This is roughly the same
-as killing the process with
-.BR kill (1),
-but it is easier, since you don't need to first figure out the pid.
+Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully.
+This does nothing if the display is currently locked.
.B Warning:
never use \fIkill -9\fP with \fIxscreensaver\fP while the screensaver is
}
}
.EE
-Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceeding BLANK
+Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceding BLANK
(depending on whether the lock-timeout is non-zero), so the above program
keeps track of both of them.
.SH STOPPING GRAPHICS