On Thu, 12 May 2011 14:47:39 -0300 Wido <wido...@gmail.com> said: you've got it the wrong way around. acpi allows us to get EVENTS when these hardware buttons/switches etc. are activated. ie WHEN the fan goes on and off, WHEN the wifi switch is toggled, WHEN the lid is closed and opened. we can't CONTROL them, we can just listen and as a RESULT of one of these physical interactions we can, in software "do something". that is actually the point - to move these all to software controls so it can do more intelligent things.
> I was thinking tonigh about this topic, and here are a couple thought I > would like to share > > E is almost completelly focused to GUI and thanks to edje (if I remember > well), the EFL stuff can receive mouse events > > Based on this, why don't we add 'graphical' things that control/show ACPI > events? > Examples: > * You want to manually start the fan? click on the fan icon (one that looks > static) and it will start spinning (or look like a spinning fan, to save > some resources) > > * WIFI kill switch? we can draw a swtich (like the one in elementary > toolkit) or an antenna with 'waves' (or something cool enough) if the > antenna is on > > What I mean is, moving from an 'all buttons' or 'all swithces' to an ACPI > graphical panel control. > > I know that current EFL allow this kind of stuff. From what Raster said > before, E' core also allows this. All it would take is time (duh!) > > 2011/5/12 Michael Jennings <m...@kainx.org> > > > On Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 09:03:16 (+0900), > > Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > > grandma :) could call it "hardware buttons". frankly.. i think that acpi > > is > > > abused/misused in so many ways by hw vendors. if its a button like a > > key.. it > > > should be a key. always. wired up to the kbd controller with a keycode. > > there > > > should be another CLASS of switch that is on/off - like lid open state, > > "flight > > > mode wifi switch" on some laptops is a sliding on/off switch that > > physically > > > retains its state (its not a soft-toggle). imho even the power and reset > > > buttons should be keys (just with a bonus hold power for 8secs+ and > > machine > > > hard powers down feature). > > > > How about "Hardware Controls?" Just calling it "Buttons" is even > > worse than "ACPI," not because Grandma won't know what it means, but > > rather because Grandma won't know to which meaning of "Buttons" it > > refers. It's too broad/general. Mouse buttons? Toolbar buttons? > > Menubar buttons? Whatever interpretation comes to Grandma's mind > > first, it's unlikely to be "power buttons, Fn+Function keys, and lid > > closures." :-) > > > > Michael > > > > -- > > Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <m...@kainx.org> > > Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "That's who I am. I'm a positive person." "No, *I'm* a positive > > person. *You* are like Santa Claus on Prozac...at Disneyland... > > getting laid!" -- Alec Baldwin and Lisa Kudrow, "Friends" > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > -- > Wido > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
