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- | ====== Roadmap to 1.4 ====== | + | ====== Roadmap to 1.5 ====== |
- | ==== Pending for merge ==== | + | ===== Bug fixes ===== |
- | * Fix slider turning off displays on some laptops (mostly newer ones) | + | |
- | ==== Investigating / in preparation ==== | ||
- | * sync sliders in display tab so that they cannot have invalid values | ||
- | * critical power action does not work (maybe related to having more than one battery?) | ||
- | ==== Open Issues / Bugs ==== | + | ===== Code cleanup |
- | * fix incorrect display brightness " | + | * do code cleanup until motivation runs dry |
- | * Update docs | + | * sync DPMS/blanking constraints |
- | * Hide devices tab if there are no devices | + | * function names for the settings |
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- | ==== Battery Plugin ==== | + | |
- | * Fix menu staying open | + | |
- | * Steps to reproduce: **1.** open the plugin menu **2.** move with the mouse-cursor back over the panel, keeping the menu open **3.** click somewhere on the panel **4.** move the cursor away from the panel **5.** click the panel plugin again, and a second menu will open on top of the first one | + | |
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- | ==== Backlight tab (not completely realized, dialog has been redesigned in a different | + | |
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- | ====== 1.6 (or later) ====== | + | |
+ | ===== Improvements ===== | ||
+ | * sync the blanking or DPMS values between xfpm and X11 | ||
+ | * if the user sets the blank time e.g. in another application or a terminal ("xset s 10"), xfpm's UI wouldn' | ||
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+ | * option a) We change the wording of the label to something like " | ||
+ | * open question: is setting all DPMS timeouts to 0 equal to disabling DPMS? if so, the option is (a bit) superfluous | ||
+ | * option b) We make it do what it says, i.e. just leave the DPMS values alone if 0 | ||
+ | * open question: when does this option actually make sense? is it specifically there for xscreensaver? | ||
+ | * further improve coexistance with xscreensaver (DPMS on AC/battery) if possible | ||
+ | * consider doing a fade-to-black, | ||
* better handle machines that have more than one battery (especially warnings and remaining time, tooltip info about battery) | * better handle machines that have more than one battery (especially warnings and remaining time, tooltip info about battery) | ||
* UPower 1.0 has a concept of a display device that is supposed to fix that issue, but we do need it to work for earlier versions. | * UPower 1.0 has a concept of a display device that is supposed to fix that issue, but we do need it to work for earlier versions. | ||
- | * add functionality to execute command line programs or scripts on battery/AC changes | + | |
- | * enables the user to easily apply additional low-level powersaving stuff that is out of scope of power manager | + | ===== New features ===== |
- | * at the moment, this can be achieved via udev rules | + | |
- | * could be a hidden option, or on an extra tab | + | |
- | * Consider doing a fade-to-black, | + | |
* Detect installed/ | * Detect installed/ | ||
* Add " | * Add " | ||
* Related bugreports: https:// | * Related bugreports: https:// | ||
* We should probably also add a timed-locking feature to xfpm, so it really controls all locking options | * We should probably also add a timed-locking feature to xfpm, so it really controls all locking options | ||
- | * Add code to handle cpu frequency | + | * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi? |
+ | * Add scale in the panel plugin to handle keyboard brightness | ||
* Show current watt usage (upower energy rate available in battery info) | * Show current watt usage (upower energy rate available in battery info) | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * enables the user to easily apply additional low-level powersaving stuff that is out of scope of power manager (e.g. CPU frequency/ | ||
+ | * at the moment, this can be achieved via udev rules | ||
+ | * could be a hidden option, or on an extra tab | ||
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+ | ===== Documentation ===== | ||
+ | * update website docs | ||
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