30 lines
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30 lines
1.7 KiB
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# LiQuid Screen Dim
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A simple utility which dims your screen. It saves the previous brightness too, so you can restore to the point before dimming.
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This is useful if you are running a standalone screen locking setup like swayidle/swaylock. Check out [my configuration files](https://git.reekynet.com/ReekyMarko/dotfiles/src/branch/master/home/Scripts/swayidle.sh) for an example use case.
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## Usage
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```
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USAGE:
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lqsd [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
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FLAGS:
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-d, --dim Dims the screen to idle level set in configuration
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-h, --help Prints help information
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-r, --resume Sets the backlight to the value it was before dimming
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-V, --version Prints version information
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OPTIONS:
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-c, --config <config> Sets a custom config file
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```
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The configuration file resides at `~/.config/lqsd/config.toml`. There you can set these values:
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| Key | Explanation | Default |
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| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-----------------: |
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| resume_file | The location where the previous brightness is saved | "/tmp/lqsd-resume" |
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| idle_level | The minimum brightness that will be dimmed to. Can be a value between 0-100 | 0 |
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| dim_speed | This sets the "sleep time" between each backlight command. It's in milliseconds | 50 |
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| resume_speed | Same as dim_speed, only for the resume operation `-r` | 25 |
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## Why Rust?
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I wanted start a small project to learn Rust. Before lqsd, I was using [this script](https://github.com/Bonnee/dotfiles/blob/wayland/scripts/bin/dim.sh) and figured, why not rewrite it in Rust.
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