kaffeine: the sleep manager for kindle

[fbdev]

first production release of kaffeine (p0).
there are three modes for this application:

0) keep awake mode
kindle# kaffeine
-prevents system from going to screen saver if active mode.
-prevents system from going to standby if in screen saver mode.

1) locked mode
kindle# kaffeine 1
-prevents system from going to screen saver.
-locks the keyboard.
-to unlock the keyboard: Alt-Menu.

2) frozen mode
kindle# kaffeine 2
-screen content is retained.
-system will sleep, then, after ~65 seconds, standby.

3) disabled
kindle# kaffeine 3
-exits kaffeine.

thanks to max99 for launchpad binding example.

[max99]

thanks for this, ive already tried option 2 and it seems to work great...i can now sleep my kindle with the current page displayed. )

if there is anyway to display a lock icon in the top left that would be perfect.

i enclose a launchpad script for anyone wanting to try this. just drop the ini and the kaeffine code in the launchpad directory and invoke with shift P P.

i also found a lock icon if anyone can figure a way to display that. im using a kindle dxg for the record.



kaffine.ini.zip

[fbdev]

forgot something important:
to unlock the keyboard, press:
Alt-Menu

[fbdev]

there is an icon for each of the states; only on a 600x800 screen.

Originally Posted by max99

thanks for this, ive already tried option 2 and it seems to work great...i can now sleep my kindle with the current page displayed. )

if there is anyway to display a lock icon in the top left that would be perfect.

i enclose a launchpad script for anyone wanting to try this. just drop the ini and the kaeffine code in the launchpad directory and invoke with shift P P.

i also found a lock icon if anyone can figure a way to display that. im using a kindle dxg for the record.

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[max99]

Originally Posted by fbdev

forgot something important:
to unlock the keyboard, press:
Alt-Menu

i take it this isnt possible after the kindle is in standby? the reason i ask is im wondering if option 2 results in a proper battery saving sleep....or is there code constantly running in the background?

also when i wake up with the slider from kaeffine 2 do i need to kill the code to avoid running multiple copies next time i invoke the freeze mode?

[fbdev]

the system will standby to memory after ~65 seconds in frozen mode.

you do not need to kill the application. a new instance will replace an old instance.

Originally Posted by max99

i take it this isnt possible after the kindle is in standby? the reason i ask is im wondering if option 2 results in a proper battery saving sleep....or is there code constantly running in the background?

also when i wake up with the slider from kaeffine 2 do i need to kill the code to avoid running multiple copies next time i invoke the freeze mode?

[fbdev]

remember; i don't have a dxg, so i can't verify any of these claims on your machine. =]

Originally Posted by fbdev

the system will standby to memory after ~65 seconds in frozen mode.

you do not need to kill the application. a new instance will replace an old instance.

[ryran]

Dude! I thought we'd lost you to the ether of the intertubes fbdev. I'm glad you're still sharing your awesome original work with us.

[fbdev]

i'm very quiet when i'm coding. =]

Originally Posted by ryran

Dude! I thought we'd lost you to the ether of the intertubes fbdev. I'm glad you're still sharing your awesome original work with us.

[Rockets00]

How can I install it?

[ryran]

You need to install launchpad first. Once you've done that, the first few posts will make more sense, hopefully.

[Rockets00]

Should I put ini and this program in a launchpad folder?

P P = !/mnt/us/launchpad/kaffeine 2 - Does it mean, that I have to press shift+p+p to use mode 2?

[max99]

Originally Posted by Rockets00

Should I put ini and this program in a launchpad folder?

P P = !/mnt/us/launchpad/kaffeine 2 - Does it mean, that I have to press shift+p+p to use mode 2?

put the ini file and the kaffeine file in the launchpad folder.

then press shift, space, space....so that launchpad can read the new ini file. you should see text flash up success in lower left.

after that, 'shift, P, P' will then start kaffeine mode 2.

[fink]

It does not work on kindle dxg, right?

[max99]

i use a dxg myself, yes it works.