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design:power-manager [2014/11/18 14:48] – [Roadmap to 1.5] hjudtdesign:power-manager [2015/05/29 11:00] (current) ochosi
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 ====== Roadmap to 1.5 ====== ====== Roadmap to 1.5 ======
 +  * Optionally display percentage and battery time next to the panel icon (see bug [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4499|#4499]])
 +  * Add option for systray to only show up when charging/discharging.
  
-  Do code cleanup until motivation runs dry+====== Backlog ====== 
 +===== Bug fixes ===== 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Code cleanup ===== 
 +  do code cleanup until motivation runs dry
     * sync DPMS/blanking constraints in xfconf instead of in UI     * sync DPMS/blanking constraints in xfconf instead of in UI
     * function names for the settings dialog refer to renamed tabs; rename them or find a better way of dealing with this     * function names for the settings dialog refer to renamed tabs; rename them or find a better way of dealing with this
 +
 +===== Improvements =====
   * sync the blanking or DPMS values between xfpm and X11   * 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't reflect this change of settings at all, but the screen would still blank after 10 seconds. however, this is more the exception than the rule, checking this once at dialog startup should be fine.     * if the user sets the blank time e.g. in another application or a terminal ("xset s 10"), xfpm's UI wouldn't reflect this change of settings at all, but the screen would still blank after 10 seconds. however, this is more the exception than the rule, checking this once at dialog startup should be fine.
 +    * xdg-screensaver (which is used by many media players to suspend the screensaver during fullscreen-playback) seems to be causing some faulty behavior there by resetting the value to the X-default of 600s.
   * "Handle display power management" option also disables DPMS.   * "Handle display power management" option also disables DPMS.
     * option a) We change the wording of the label to something like "Enable display power management"     * option a) We change the wording of the label to something like "Enable display power management"
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     * option b) We make it do what it says, i.e. just leave the DPMS values alone if 0     * 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? if so, we should probably leave the blank settings alone too in that case.       * open question: when does this option actually make sense? is it specifically there for xscreensaver? if so, we should probably leave the blank settings alone too in that case.
-  * Update website docs +  * further improve coexistance with xscreensaver (DPMS on AC/battery) if possible 
- +  * consider doing a fade-to-black, if X11's screensaver extension is used (instead of gnome-screensaver or xscreensaver)
-====== 1.6 (or later====== +
   * 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.
 +  * some machines (most common with IBM/Lenovo thinkpads) can set the maximum level batteries will be charged to (e.g. 80%); xfpm should properly handle this with regard to notifications etc. see [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8561|bug #8561]]
 +===== New features =====
 +
 +  * detect installed/running lockers and add "Preferred lockscreen:" combobox to the settings-dialog (deprecates the "stupid" xflock script)
 +    * add "xfce4-power-manager --lock-session" commandline-switch (and also add that to xflock4 as first command to try)
 +    * related bugreports: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5359, https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10217 (and many more)
 +    * we should probably also add a timed-locking feature to xfpm, so it really controls all locking options
 +  * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4499|Optionally display a label next to the icon indicating remaining time and/or percentage in the panel plugin]]
 +  * add scale in the panel plugin to handle keyboard brightness
 +  * show current watt usage (upower energy rate available in battery info)
   * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9683|add functionality to execute command line programs or scripts on battery/AC changes]]   * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9683|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+    * enables the user to easily apply additional low-level powersaving stuff that is out of scope of power manager (e.g. CPU frequency/governors, SATA link power management which can be troublesome on some devices)
     * at the moment, this can be achieved via udev rules     * at the moment, this can be achieved via udev rules
     * could be a hidden option, or on an extra tab     * could be a hidden option, or on an extra tab
-  Consider doing a fade-to-black, if X11's screensaver extension is used (instead of gnome-screensaver or xscreensaver) +    see bug [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8965|#8965]]maybe an alternative solution for [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11127|#11127]] and others (already closed
-  * Detect installed/running lockers and add "Preferred lockscreen:" combobox to the settings-dialog (deprecates the "stupid" xflock script) +  * add hidden? option(s) to execute a custom command for lock/hibernation/suspend/shutdown (see [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9683|#9683]]) 
-    * Add "xfce4-power-manager --lock-session" commandline-switch (and also add that to xflock4 as first command to try) +    we could add an option dialog for the panel plugin (properties entry in right-click menu similar to the other panel plugins) 
-    * Related bugreports: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5359, https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10217 (and many more+
-    We should probably also add a timed-locking feature to xfpm, so it really controls all locking options +
-  * Add code to handle cpu frequency governor settings, e.g. powersave/performance switch for intel_pstate. +
-    * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8965|maybe a similar feature request]] +
-  * Show current watt usage (upower energy rate available in battery info+
-  [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4499|Optionally display a label next to the icon indicating remaining time and/or percentage in the panel plugin]] +
-  * Add scale in the panel plugin to handle keyboard brightness+