>> I see one problem with this method. The backlight intensity will only be >> reduced when the screensaver will turn on and will be back to normal >> when it is off. However these events can occur after many minutes of >> inactivity. What I wish to do is to actually reduce the backlight to >> idle mode (after 10 s for instance) independently of the screensaver >> option, that is why I used polling in my code. > > set screensaver timeout to 10s. can be done. :) you will have to take over > screensaver functionality instead of blanking or putting up screensaver > window/anim/image, you dim. then add a timer to actually put up real > screensaver image (lock and so on or blank) some time later. as such the timer > is ok as it ticks off only once - when the timeout from the screensaver start > is reached with NO user activity. any exit from screensaver mode would undim > and cancel the timer.
Thanks. I thought it was not possible to do that actually, but you prove me wrong ;-). I will cook up a solution before the end of the we. cheers Mathieu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel