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diff --git a/doc/klcddimmer.html b/doc/klcddimmer.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..193240d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/klcddimmer.html @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or +g/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en_US" lang="en_US"> +<head> + <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> + <meta content="Lorenzo Bettini" name="author" /> + <title>KLcdDimmer - A KDE Applet to adjust LCD brightness</title> +</head> + + +<body> + + + +<h1><img style="width: 48px; height: 48px;" alt="KLcdDimmer icon" src="hi48-app-klcddimmer.png"> KLcdDimmer</h1> + + + +<h1><small>A KDE Applet to adjust LCD brightness</small></h1> + + + +by <a href="http://www.lorenzobettini.it">Lorenzo +Bettini</a><br> + + + +<br> + + + +<img style="width: 290px; height: 176px;" alt="KLcdDimmer Screenshot" src="klcddimmer-screenshot.png"><br> + + + +<br> + + + +To adjust the brightness simply click with the mouse left +button and use the slider<br> + + + +<br> + + + +Notice that this applet relies on an external program to get/set the +brightness.<br> + + + +<br> + + + +For instance, I've used<br> + + + +<br> + + + +<span style="font-weight: bold;">SmartDimmer</span> <a href="http://www.acc.umu.se/%7Eerikw/program/">http://www.acc.umu.se/~erikw/program/</a><br> + + + +<span style="font-weight: bold;">NVclock</span> <a href="http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/">http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/</a><br> + + + +<br> + + + +but it is supposed to work also with others, since you can configure +the applet. In order to do this, click with the mouse right button and +choose <span style="font-style: italic;">configure</span>:<br> + + + +<br> + + + +<img style="width: 411px; height: 346px;" alt="The configuration dialog" src="configure.png"><br> + + + +<br> + + +You have to set the right command line argument for setting and +getting the brightness (you have to check the documentation of the +program you're using for setting the brightness). If the program +you're using does not support the "get" argument (e.g., nvclock), just +leave that field empty. As for the minimum, maximum and step values, +again, you have to check the documentation of the program (you'll +already find all the correct values for smartdimmer).<br> + + +<br> + + +If you check the "Save the current brightness value", the current value will be saved, and restored when you enter kde again. <br> + + + +<h2>Download (License: GNU GPL)</h2> + + + +KlcdDimmer's Sources can be downloaded from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/klcddimmer">http://sourceforge.net/projects/klcddimmer</a>.<br> +<br> + +You can also find details about new features on my blog, in this area: <a href="http://tronprog.blogspot.com/search/label/klcddimmer">http://tronprog.blogspot.com/search/label/klcddimmer</a>. + +<h2>Installation</h2> + + + +When you run configure, you should pass the KDE root directory as +--prefix (in my system it is /usr). If you don't know about this directory, you can get the right value by running:<br> + +<pre>kde-config --prefix</pre> + + +<p>The steps to perform for the +installation are standard for packages +in source form: once you have unpacked the sources in a directory, `cd' +to the directory containing the package's source code and execute the +following steps: </p> + + + +<pre>./configure --prefix=<your KDE directory><br></pre> + +Or, to automatically get the KDE root directory (notice it is ` and not '): +<pre>./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`<br></pre> + +<p>and then:</p> + +<pre>make<br>make install (as root)</pre> + + + +<p>Then you'll be able to add the applet to the panel, by using your +KDE panel. </p> + + + + +</body> +</html> |