XDIMMER(1)

NAME
xdimmer - dim the screen when idle

SYNOPSIS
xdimmer [-d] [-p percent] [-t timeout]

DESCRIPTION
xdimmer waits timeout number of seconds and if no keyboard or mouse input is detected, the screen is dimmed to percent. Once keyboard or mouse input is detected, the screen is restored to its previous brightness value.

OPTIONS

-d  Print debugging messages to stdout.

-p percent
    Absolute brightness value to which the screen is dimmed. The default is 5 percent.

-t timeout
    Number of seconds to wait without receiving input before dimming screen. The default is 60 seconds.

AUTHORS
xdimmer was written by joshua stein <jcs@jcs.org>.