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diff --git a/doc/man/adjbacklight.1 b/doc/man/adjbacklight.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d946738 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/adjbacklight.1 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.TH ADJBACKLIGHT 1 ADJBACKLIGHT +.SH NAME +adjbacklight - Convenient method for adjusting the backlight on your portable computer +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B adjbacklight +(-c | -w | [-g | -s +.IR LEVEL +| +.IR LEVEL ] +[-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. +.PP +.B adjbacklight +installs with the set-uid bit set, to enable any user to +change the backlight on the computer. +.PP +.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 \-c ,\ \-\-copyright ,\ \-\-copying +Display copyright information. +.TP +.BR \-w, \ \-\-warranty +Display warranty disclaimer. +.TP +.BR \-a, \ \-\-all +Run for all devices, including ACPI devices. +.TP +.BR \-g, \ \-\-get +Get average brightness on devices. +.TP +.BR \-s, \ \-\-set \ \fILEVEL\fP[%] +Set brightness on devices. +.PP +.TP +.BR \+ \fILEVEL\fP +Increase brightness on devices by actual value. +.TP +.BR \- \fILEVEL\fP +Decrease brightness on devices by actual value. +.TP +.BR \= \fILEVEL\fP +Set brightness on devices by actual value. +.br +.TP +.BR \+ \fILEVEL\fP% +Increase brightness on devices by percentage-points. +.TP +.BR \- \fILEVEL\fP% +Decrease brightness on devices by percentage-points. +.TP +.BR \= \fILEVEL\fP% +Set brightness on devices by percentage-points. +.br +.TP +.BR \+ \fILEVEL\fP%% +Increase brightness on devices by percentage. +.TP +.BR \- \fILEVEL\fP%% +Decrease brightness on devices by percentage. +.TP +.BR \= \fILEVEL\fP%% +Set brightness on devices by percentage. +.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 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 |