LiQuid Screen Dim

A simple utility which dims your screen. It saves the previous brightness too, so you can restore to the point before dimming.

Why Rust?

I wanted start a small project to learn Rust. Before this, I was using this script and figured, why not rewrite it in Rust.

Usage

USAGE:
    lqsd [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
    -d, --dim        Dims the screen to idle level set in configuration
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -r, --resume     Sets the backlight to the value it was before dimming
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -c, --config <config>    Sets a custom config file

The configuration file resides at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lqsd/config.toml. There you can set these values:

resume_file_path: the location where the previous brightness is saved (default: /tmp/lqsd-resume)

idle_level: the minimum brightness that will be dimmed to. Can be a value between 0-100 (default 0)

dim_speed: this sets the "sleep time" between each backlight command. It's in milliseconds (default 50)

resume_speed: same as the last one, only for the resume operation -r (default 25)