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[Ken VanDine <ken.vandine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess what you want is an API to prevent the screen inactivity timer
while reading.  I'm not sure how to do that, but I'm pretty sure that
happens for video playback with media-player.  Anyone else know?

Ken

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On further reflection, I realize that while fixing 1437510 would be a
> great improvement, it doesn't actually solve the problem I'm having with
> Beru.  The point of dimming the screen is (I assume) to alert the user that
> it's about to lock, so they can prevent that if they desire.  But taking
> preventative action will still result in an undesired page change.  (This
> situation will occur much less often, but it's still there.)
>
> So: Are taps that undo the dimming supposed to go through to the active
> app, or should they be trapped by the system?  And if it's the former, how
> can an app tell if the screen has dimmed?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Ken VanDine <ken.vandine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-system-compositor/+bug/1437510
>>>
>>> I have a fix proposed for that, but I don't really agree with the fix.
>>> You can see my last comment on the bug for reference.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, Ken and Oliver.  I'll keep an eye on that bug an hold off on
>> changes to Beru for now.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>
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