Get rid of Kindle Paperwhite's backlight

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by GoSharks

@twobob or @duckietigger

I'm diving into KUAL today (so very COOL!) and noticed that the FLtoggle extension has yet to be added to the KUAL extensions list ....is this due to ongoing testing / stability checking or accidental oversight?...basically, is it okay to use on a PW as it stands now? Thanks!

No, there is 2 threads. One is for extensions that are doing something useful like starting a custom application, the other thread is simply for things that do something useful that can be done in a one-liner shell script.

(ok, technically, the FLtoggle cannot be written in a one liner without it beeing too complicated to read)

It is finished, unless I hear any complaints.


It is listed in this thread: [KUAL] Button Def. Packages post #3 and #4

[twobob]

Yeah. In essence a little future proofing.

If stuff is a single button toggle for a single device it lives in the buttons thread.

Stuff that calls external larger apps generally lives in the other thread.

but they are ALL listed under the main threads
: )

[DuckieTigger]

New version for LightToggle for KUAL available now. Allows turning on and off when waking up from sleep (either by opening the cover, or pushing the button). See here for more information and download.

[freedumb2000]

Originally Posted by joblack

Reboot the device. That's it.

I just wanted to mention that instead of rebooting you can just restart the cron cron service at the shell.

restart cron

[twobob]

Hi just noticed an error in the menu.json mate that will make this invalid for the next KUAL release (which is more strict about invalid files)

{
	"items": [
		{"name": "Toggle ON/OFF", "priority": 0, "action": "bin/FLtoggle.sh"},
		{"name": "Toggle OFF on Wakeup", "priority":0, "action": "bin/FLtoggleWake.sh"},
	]
}

Should read

{
	"items": [
		{"name": "Toggle ON/OFF", "priority": 0, "action": "bin/FLtoggle.sh"},
		{"name": "Toggle OFF on Wakeup", "priority":0, "action": "bin/FLtoggleWake.sh"}
	]
}

no comma

I can repack at some point if you are not about.

Cheers.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by twobob

Hi just noticed an error in the menu.json mate that will make this invalid for the next KUAL release (which is more strict about invalid files)

{
	"items": [
		{"name": "Toggle ON/OFF", "priority": 0, "action": "bin/FLtoggle.sh"},
		{"name": "Toggle OFF on Wakeup", "priority":0, "action": "bin/FLtoggleWake.sh"},
	]
}

Should read

{
	"items": [
		{"name": "Toggle ON/OFF", "priority": 0, "action": "bin/FLtoggle.sh"},
		{"name": "Toggle OFF on Wakeup", "priority":0, "action": "bin/FLtoggleWake.sh"}
	]
}

no comma

I can repack at some point if you are not about.

Cheers.

Oh thanks, I will fix that.

Edit: fixed, download new version here

[twobob]

Nice work.
One question... I thought you rejiggled this to not make rootfs changes?
Did that ever happen? Because I was code diving and didn't see any evidence of that.

Thanks mate.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by twobob

Nice work.
One question... I thought you rejiggled this to not make rootfs changes?
Did that ever happen? Because I was code diving and didn't see any evidence of that.

Thanks mate.

That was the plan. And it would work just fine to mount-bind it. Having to remember to activate it each time you restart might be a hassle. Making 2 versions - one that sticks and can be undone, and one that works until restart and can be undone (before restart) - that sounded like more work than I planned to put into it. I am personally not even using turning off the light. I did go out of my way to have the light turn off automatically on other level than just 0. Default is 10 and under. And that is trivially changeable in the script - even without knowledge in shell-scripting. It is pretty much as simple as it gets with enough safeguards in place so it won't break or malfunction.

[twobob]

okay mate. Thanks for the update.

Appreciated.