Updating branch refs/heads/master to cde2cfc9f6d694d5bbb7ccfed862db04fb60041b (commit) from 7f9d46522e16bfae8ba923818857a8a51ce598bf (commit)
commit cde2cfc9f6d694d5bbb7ccfed862db04fb60041b Author: Harald Judt <h.j...@gmx.at> Date: Tue Feb 5 15:06:17 2013 +0100 Update README, NEWS and TODO. NEWS | 2 ++ README | 12 ++++++++++++ TODO | 1 - 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 21f4bb1..78c4ae7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ easier discernable. - New icon theme: "Liquid Dark", a variation of the liquid icon theme better suited for dark panels. +- Add optional support for upower for extending battery life. Power + saving can be disabled via a hidden option in the config file. - Improvements for translators of RTL languages. - Use GArrays for storing timeslices and glib data structures in many other places to improve portability and maintenance. diff --git a/README b/README index bfd3919..53479ac 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ met in addition to those of XFCE-4.10: * >=libxml-2.4.0 * >=libsoup-2.26.0 +* >=upower-0.9.0 (optional) You might also need developer libraries necessary for building other parts of XFCE. Usually autogen.sh / configure will tell you, otherwise @@ -542,3 +543,14 @@ config file in $HOME/.config/xfce4/panel, then restart the panel with GeoNames username manually (see INFORMATION FOR PACKAGE MAINTAINERS AND DISTRIBUTORS on how to register). Delete this option completely to use the default GeoNames username set at build time. + +* power_saving: If the plugin has been compiled with support for + upower, it will try to extend battery life by taking the following + measures: + 1) If the lid is closed, hide the scrollbox. + 2) If the machine is on battery or the lid is closed, + - decrease the regular update interval to 30 seconds, + - stop the scrollbox animation and + - update the summary window clock only every minute. + Setting this value to false will deactivate power saving. If upower + support has not been compiled in, then this setting has no effect. diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 4b949a6..ba1b29f 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ categories, but not prioritized or mandatory. Maintenance and optimizing stuff ====================================================================== -* Use upower for power saving mode (e.g. stop scrollbox animations). Data ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Xfce4-commits mailing list Xfce4-commits@xfce.org https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-commits