Lockaway
Uses dbus to read the current status from X11 in order to automatically set a custom status for Pidgin when locking and unlocking computer.
Usage
Recommended
Make sure the script is in your $PATH then add it to Startup Applications or call from .bashrc
Start manually
nohup ./lockaway.sh &Compatibility
Ubuntu 14.04 +
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< 14.04 needs
interface='org.gnome.ScreenSaver'in the dbus call.Tested on Ubuntu only but should work on other distros running X11.