allyourpixel

I like to start the Mac OS X screen saver by typing a key on the keyboard, using a utility like One Key. I used to do that by just launching ScreenSaverEngine.app, but that seems to have an unpleasant side effect where sometimes two or more screen saver process will try to run at the same time. So instead, I followed seb2's advice and compiled a short program to use the ScreenSaver framework. It doesn't even have a UI, it just activates the screen saver and quits. If you use Leopard (which I recommend! :-) and want to start the screen saver using the keyboard, try this:

1. Download and install One Key (or Logitech Control Center or some other utility that lets you assign applications to keys on your keyboard)
2. Download my tiny application, SleepNow, and put it in your /Applications/Utilities folder.
3. Configure one of your keys to run SleepNow.

Enjoy! SleepNow is free and released to the public domain, and (#include <std_disclaimer.h>) I assume no liability for its use.