[PATCH 7/7] compositor: implement a state machine for display control

[Andreas Ericsson]

On 02/24/2012 08:02 PM, Bill Spitzak wrote:
> Tiago Vignatti wrote:
>> DISPLAY_ON → DISPLAY_DIM → DISPLAY_SCREENSAVER → DISPLAY_OFF
> 
> Won't there be some interest in making the backlight dim *after* the
> screensaver starts? I can imagine the control ui being a bunch of
> timing sliders, which the user can move anywhere. Thus the screen
> saver can start before it dims. The only real rule is that if the
> user moves display off to the left, it does not bother doing the
> dimming or screensaver.
> 

I concur. My screen never dims before the screensaver kicks in. Quite
a lot of companies have a 1-minute rule for engaging screensavers and
password-protecting their unlocking. Screen dimming usually doesn't
happen until the computer's been idle for at least 10 minutes though,
and it definitely doesn't make sense to dim the screen any faster
than 1 minute.

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