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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Subject: Re: How to set default screen brightness?
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:48:18 +0200
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Jesse,

Jesse Gibbons wrote:
> Thanks. I think I can add a service using the `light` tool.

Yeah, I currently call it from my .xsession, which is horrible=E2=80=A6
A proper service would be most welcome.

> Administrators will likely prefer to install it on anything with=20
> a
> display that runs on battery power, so I might contribute it in
> gnu/services/pm.scm

Ew.  We actually have that poorly-named file :-(

> if nobody beats me to it.

Go for it!

I still wonder whether it would be possible (and worth it) to do=20
this without external dependencies (i.e. basically reimplementing=20
=E2=80=98light=E2=80=99 in Scheme), so I won't be stepping directly on your=
 toes=20
in the meantime.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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