From e1a42edb2b515a6b322b37246f098a7c26958080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bakkeby <bakkeby@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 21:57:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Visual unlock - adding command line argument to help output
 and correcting typo ref. #14

---
 patches.def.h |  6 +++---
 slock.c       | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/patches.def.h b/patches.def.h
index 120fc90aa782bb9842a8a55f37c45a3193634b7f..89660bfdb786b5878cb22d237386c12bfdfcef09 100644
--- a/patches.def.h
+++ b/patches.def.h
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
  */
 #define UNLOCKSCREEN_PATCH 0
 
-/* This patch adds a command line argument -u that keeps the input locked but do not
- * show the lock screen. The original patch simply combines the unlock screen patch and
- * the DPMS patch. Enable DPMS_PATCH separately if you want DPMS.
+/* This patch adds a -u command line argument that keeps input locked without showing the lock
+ * screen. The original patch simply combines the unlock screen patch and the DPMS patch.
+ * Enable DPMS_PATCH separately if you want DPMS.
  * https://tools.suckless.org/slock/patches/visual-unlock-dpms/
  */
 #define VISUAL_UNLOCK_PATCH 0
diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
index e61e00072795ff83df9a75128731e8f5a8ff449e..c77e506f344d8f17d5ca68b44552dec2ca9f8ff4 100644
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
@@ -637,11 +637,15 @@ lockscreen(Display *dpy, struct xrandr *rr, int screen)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	#if MESSAGE_PATCH || COLOR_MESSAGE_PATCH
-	die("usage: slock [-v] [-f] [-m message] [cmd [arg ...]]\n");
-	#else
-	die("usage: slock [-v] [cmd [arg ...]]\n");
-	#endif // MESSAGE_PATCH | COLOR_MESSAGE_PATCH
+	die("usage: slock [-v] "
+	    #if VISUAL_UNLOCK_PATCH
+	    "[-u] "
+	    #endif
+	    #if MESSAGE_PATCH || COLOR_MESSAGE_PATCH
+	    "[-f] [-m message] "
+	    #endif
+	    "[cmd [arg ...]]\n"
+	);
 }
 
 int