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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se>2017-10-12 22:37:49 +0200
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adjbacklight - Convenient method for adjusting the backlight on your portable computer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B adjbacklight
-(-c | -w | [-g | -s
-.IR LEVEL
-|
-.IR LEVEL ]
+[-g | -s
+.RB [ + | - ]\fIlevel\fP[ % | %% ]]
[-a |
-.IR DEVICE ...])
+.IR device \ ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B adjbacklight
can be used to fetch or set the backlight non-interactively.
If these feature is not used, it starts a interactive user
interface in the terminal.
-.PP
+.P
.B adjbacklight
installs with the set-uid bit set, to enable any user to
change the backlight on the computer.
-.PP
+.P
.B adjbacklight
was originally designed for small netbooks that are not running
.BR X .
@@ -39,66 +37,51 @@ non-interactively with hotkeys set up in
.BR xbindkeys (1).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.BR \-c ,\ \-\-copyright ,\ \-\-copying
-Display copyright information.
-.TP
-.BR \-w, \ \-\-warranty
-Display warranty disclaimer.
-.TP
-.BR \-a, \ \-\-all
+.BR \-a
Run for all devices, including ACPI devices.
.TP
-.BR \-g, \ \-\-get
+.BR \-g
Get average brightness on devices.
.TP
-.BR \-s, \ \-\-set \ \fILEVEL\fP[%]
-Set brightness on devices.
-.PP
+.BR -s \ \fIlevel\fP
+Set brightness on devices by actual value.
.TP
-.BR \+ \fILEVEL\fP
+.BR -s\ + \fIlevel\fP
Increase brightness on devices by actual value.
.TP
-.BR \- \fILEVEL\fP
+.BR -s\ - \fIlevel\fP
Decrease brightness on devices by actual value.
.TP
-.BR \= \fILEVEL\fP
-Set brightness on devices by actual value.
-.br
+.BR -s \ \fIlevel\fP%
+Set brightness on devices by percentage-points.
.TP
-.BR \+ \fILEVEL\fP%
+.BR -s\ + \fIlevel\fP%
Increase brightness on devices by percentage-points.
.TP
-.BR \- \fILEVEL\fP%
+.BR -s\ - \fIlevel\fP%
Decrease brightness on devices by percentage-points.
.TP
-.BR \= \fILEVEL\fP%
-Set brightness on devices by percentage-points.
-.br
+.BR -s \ \fIlevel\fP%%
+Set brightness on devices by percentage.
.TP
-.BR \+ \fILEVEL\fP%%
+.BR -s\ + \fIlevel\fP%%
Increase brightness on devices by percentage.
.TP
-.BR \- \fILEVEL\fP%%
+.BR -s\ - \fIlevel\fP%%
Decrease brightness on devices by percentage.
+.SH KEYBOARD
.TP
-.BR \= \fILEVEL\fP%%
-Set brightness on devices by percentage.
+.BR left ,\ down
+Darken the screen.
+.TP
+.BR right ,\ up
+Brighten the screen.
+.TP
+.BR q ,\ enter ,\ C-d
+Continue to next controller, or if at last, quit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR xbindkeys (1),
.BR xbacklight (1)
-.PP
-Full documentation available locally via: info \(aq(adjbacklight)\(aq
.SH AUTHORS
-Principal author, Mattias Andrée. See the COPYING file for the full
-list of authors.
-.SH LICENSE
-Copyright \(co 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Mattias Andrée
-.br
-License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
-.br
-This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
-.br
-There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
-.SH BUGS
-Please report bugs to https://github.com/maandree/adjbacklight/issues or to
-maandree@member.fsf.org
+Mattias Andrée
+.RI < maandree@kth.se >