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3 Status Area Display Blanking Applet for Maemo
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10 The **Status Area Display Blanking Applet** (*SADBA* for short) is a simple
11 plugin for Maemo_\ 's Hildon_ status area to control display blanking.
13 This applet let you easily change the display blanking mode right from the
14 status menu, without having to go through the settings. It also let you
15 inhibit display blanking without changing the mode, either until you manually
16 disable it or using an user provided time to automatically disable the display
24 This is how the applet looks like (the applet is highlighted by making
25 everything else black and white and blury).
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31 Applet in the status menu, the first icon is to select the display blanking
32 mode, the second is to manually inhibit display blanking and the third is
33 to inhibit screen blanking just for an user specified amount of time
34 (currently active in this screenshot).
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40 Display blanking mode selection dialog.
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46 Time selection dialog for timed inhibition feature.
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52 Detail of minutes selection for timed inhibition feature.
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58 Status area icon indicating display blanking inhibition is enabled.
65 If you just want to install the package in your phone, you probably want to do
66 it using Hildon Application Manager (or HAM_ for short) now that the package
67 is included in Extras_\ -\ devel__.
69 __ http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras#Extras-devel
71 If for some reason that's not good enough (maybe you don't want to add the
72 extras-devel repository), you can install it manually getting
73 the binaries or sources from Maemo_\ 's `package home`__. If that's not good
74 enough either, you can find the latest source and the binary packages for
75 Fremantle_ (tested only in a Nokia_ N900_) here__.
77 __ http://maemo.org/packages/view/status-area-displayblanking-applet/
78 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/latest/
80 If you want to compile it yourself, you probably need to `install a scratchbox
81 and Maemo 5 SDK`__ but, unless you're a developer wanting to improve it (and
82 if you are you're are very welcome!), you won't need to do it.
84 __ http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Maemo_5_SDK_installation_for_beginners
86 As soon as the package get uploaded to Extras_, you will be able to install it
94 If you want to keep up with the updates, I usually post new releases in `my
95 blog`__. You can subscribe__ to the `sadba tag`__ feed if you want to receive
96 any news (or random thoughts related to this applet) or to both `sadba
97 + release tags`__ if you only want to `subscribe to new releases`__ only.
99 __ https://llucax.com.ar/blog/
100 __ https://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/atom?tag=sadba
101 __ https://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/tag/sadba
102 __ https://llucax.com.ar/blog/?tag=sadba&tag=release
103 __ https://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/atom?tag=sadba&tag=release
110 There is a thread__ in `Maemo's Community Forums`__ where I usually
111 communicate news too. You can use it to leave comments or suggestions, report
112 bugs or discuss whatever you want related to this applet.
114 __ http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=85514
115 __ http://talk.maemo.org/
122 This project is also hosted in a Git_ repository, if you want keep a closer
123 look at the development (or send patches!) you can clone `my repository`__.
125 __ https://git.llucax.com.ar/w/software/sadba.git
134 Version `1.0`__ released (`release notes`__).
136 * Start display blanking inhibition immediately when activated instead of
137 doing so when the timer for display blanking fire. This makes the applet
138 behave properly for phones configured to blank in less than 30 seconds.
139 * Fix build and source dependencies.
140 * Add homepage to control file.
142 * Optify package to use less rootfs space.
144 At Maemo_ \'s package index: armel__, i386__.
146 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/1.0/
147 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/7719476e
148 __ http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-devel_free_armel/status-area-displayblanking-applet/1.0/
149 __ http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-devel_free_i386/status-area-displayblanking-applet/1.0/
153 Version `0.9`__ released (`release notes`__).
155 * Show a status icon when display blanking is inhibited.
156 * Improve package description and add icon for the Application Manager.
157 * Add a extended description for display blanking modes.
158 * Update translation files.
161 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.9/
162 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-57b1df23
166 Version `0.5`__ released (`release notes`__).
168 * Add timed display blanking inhibition button (the user can input a timeout
169 after which display blanking inhibition will be disabled automatically).
170 * Do some more code cleanup.
172 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.5/
173 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/4f5bd2de
177 Version `0.4`__ released (`release notes`__).
179 * Add display blanking inhibition button.
181 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.4/
182 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-3f8c6e1c
186 Version `0.3`__ released (`release notes`__).
188 * Use a dialog to let the user pick the desired blanking mode instead of
189 cycling through all available modes.
191 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.3/
192 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-2bb84c95
196 Version `0.2`__ released (`release notes`__).
198 * Subscribe to GConf notifications for changes in blanking mode.
201 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.2/
202 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/106cdb32
206 Version `0.1`__ released (`release notes`__).
210 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.1/
211 __ https://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-30fd5e24
215 .. _Maemo: http://www.maemo.org/
216 .. _Hildon: http://wiki.maemo.org/Hildon
217 .. _Fremantle: http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo5_101
218 .. _Nokia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia
219 .. _N900: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900
220 .. _Extras: http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras
221 .. _HAM: http://hildon-app-mgr.garage.maemo.org/
222 .. _Git: http://git-scm.com/
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