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9 Status Area Display Blanking Applet for Maemo
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16 The **Status Area Display Blanking Applet** (*SADBA* for short) is a simple
17 plugin for Maemo_\ 's Hildon_ status area to control display blanking.
19 This applet let you easily change the display blanking mode right from the
20 status menu, without having to go through the settings. It also let you
21 inhibit display blanking without changing the mode, either until you manually
22 disable it or using an user provided time to automatically disable the display
30 This is how the applet looks like (the applet is highlighted by making
31 everything else black and white and blury).
33 .. figure:: files/latest/screenshot-1.mini.png
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37 Applet in the status menu, the first icon is to select the display blanking
38 mode, the second is to manually inhibit display blanking and the third is
39 to inhibit screen blanking just for an user specified amount of time
40 (currently active in this screenshot).
42 .. figure:: files/latest/screenshot-2.mini.png
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46 Display blanking mode selection dialog.
48 .. figure:: files/latest/screenshot-3.mini.png
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52 Time selection dialog for timed inhibition feature.
54 .. figure:: files/latest/screenshot-4.mini.png
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58 Detail of minutes selection for timed inhibition feature.
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64 Status area icon indicating display blanking inhibition is enabled.
71 If you just want to install the package in your phone, you probably want to do
72 it using Hildon Application Manager (or HAM_ for short) now that the package
73 is included in Extras_\ -\ devel__.
75 __ http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras#Extras-devel
77 If for some reason that's not good enough (maybe you don't want to add the
78 extras-devel repository), you can install it manually getting
79 the binaries or sources from Maemo_\ 's `package home`__. If that's not good
80 enough either, you can find the latest source and the binary packages for
81 Fremantle_ (tested only in a Nokia_ N900_) here__.
83 __ http://maemo.org/packages/view/status-area-displayblanking-applet/
84 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/latest/
86 If you want to compile it yourself, you probably need to `install a scratchbox
87 and Maemo 5 SDK`__ but, unless you're a developer wanting to improve it (and
88 if you are you're are very welcome!), you won't need to do it.
90 __ http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Maemo_5_SDK_installation_for_beginners
92 As soon as the package get uploaded to Extras_, you will be able to install it
100 If you want to keep up with the updates, I usually post new releases in `my
101 blog`__. You can subscribe__ to the `sadba tag`__ feed if you want to receive
102 any news (or random thoughts related to this applet) or to both `sadba
103 + release tags`__ if you only want to `subscribe to new releases`__ only.
105 __ http://llucax.com.ar/blog/
106 __ http://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/atom?tag=sadba
107 __ http://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/tag/sadba
108 __ http://llucax.com.ar/blog/?tag=sadba&tag=release
109 __ http://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/atom?tag=sadba&tag=release
116 There is a thread__ in `Maemo's Community Forums`__ where I usually
117 communicate news too. You can use it to leave comments or suggestions, report
118 bugs or discuss whatever you want related to this applet.
120 __ http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=85514
121 __ http://talk.maemo.org/
128 This project is also hosted in a Git_ repository, if you want keep a closer
129 look at the development (or send patches!) you can clone `my repository`__.
131 __ http://git.llucax.com.ar/w/software/sadba.git
140 Version `1.0`__ released (`release notes`__).
142 * Start display blanking inhibition immediately when activated instead of
143 doing so when the timer for display blanking fire. This makes the applet
144 behave properly for phones configured to blank in less than 30 seconds.
145 * Fix build and source dependencies.
146 * Add homepage to control file.
148 * Optify package to use less rootfs space.
150 At Maemo_ \'s package index: armel__, i386__.
152 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/1.0/
153 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/7719476e
154 __ http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-devel_free_armel/status-area-displayblanking-applet/1.0/
155 __ http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-devel_free_i386/status-area-displayblanking-applet/1.0/
159 Version `0.9`__ released (`release notes`__).
161 * Show a status icon when display blanking is inhibited.
162 * Improve package description and add icon for the Application Manager.
163 * Add a extended description for display blanking modes.
164 * Update translation files.
167 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.9/
168 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-57b1df23
172 Version `0.5`__ released (`release notes`__).
174 * Add timed display blanking inhibition button (the user can input a timeout
175 after which display blanking inhibition will be disabled automatically).
176 * Do some more code cleanup.
178 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.5/
179 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/4f5bd2de
183 Version `0.4`__ released (`release notes`__).
185 * Add display blanking inhibition button.
187 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.4/
188 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-3f8c6e1c
192 Version `0.3`__ released (`release notes`__).
194 * Use a dialog to let the user pick the desired blanking mode instead of
195 cycling through all available modes.
197 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.3/
198 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-2bb84c95
202 Version `0.2`__ released (`release notes`__).
204 * Subscribe to GConf notifications for changes in blanking mode.
207 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.2/
208 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/106cdb32
212 Version `0.1`__ released (`release notes`__).
216 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar.nyud.net/proj/sadba/files/0.1/
217 __ http://www.llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/-30fd5e24
221 .. _Maemo: http://www.maemo.org/
222 .. _Hildon: http://wiki.maemo.org/Hildon
223 .. _Fremantle: http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo5_101
224 .. _Nokia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia
225 .. _N900: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900
226 .. _Extras: http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras
227 .. _HAM: http://hildon-app-mgr.garage.maemo.org/
228 .. _Git: http://git-scm.com/
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