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diff --git a/adjbacklight.1 b/adjbacklight.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3596e5d --- /dev/null +++ b/adjbacklight.1 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.TH ADJBACKLIGHT 1 ADJBACKLIGHT +.SH NAME +adjbacklight - Convenient method for adjusting the backlight on your portable computer +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B adjbacklight +[-g | -s +.RB [ + | - ]\fIlevel\fP[ % | %% ]] +[-a | +.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. +.P +.B adjbacklight +installs with the set-uid bit set, to enable any user to +change the backlight on the computer. +.P +.B adjbacklight +was originally designed for small netbooks that are not running +.BR X . +However, it is still suitable for desktop computers and can +be used inside +.BR X . +In fact it seems to work for all machines with backlight, which +is not true for +.BR xbacklight (1). +.V adjbacklight +uses +.IR /sys/class/backlight . +.B adjbacklight +as been retrofitted to be convenient for use inside +.B X +on desktop computers, with commands that lets it be used +non-interactively with hotkeys set up in +.BR xbindkeys (1). +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BR \-a +Run for all devices, including ACPI devices. +.TP +.BR \-g +Get average brightness on devices. +.TP +.BR -s \ \fIlevel\fP +Set brightness on devices by actual value. +.TP +.BR -s\ + \fIlevel\fP +Increase brightness on devices by actual value. +.TP +.BR -s\ - \fIlevel\fP +Decrease brightness on devices by actual value. +.TP +.BR -s \ \fIlevel\fP% +Set brightness on devices by percentage-points. +.TP +.BR -s\ + \fIlevel\fP% +Increase brightness on devices by percentage-points. +.TP +.BR -s\ - \fIlevel\fP% +Decrease brightness on devices by percentage-points. +.TP +.BR -s \ \fIlevel\fP%% +Set brightness on devices by percentage. +.TP +.BR -s\ + \fIlevel\fP%% +Increase brightness on devices by percentage. +.TP +.BR -s\ - \fIlevel\fP%% +Decrease brightness on devices by percentage. +.SH KEYBOARD +.TP +.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) +.SH AUTHORS +Mattias Andrée +.RI < maandree@kth.se > |