Re: [gpm] Re: Gnome 2.16 Module Proposal: GNOME Power Manager

[Soeren Sonnenburg <desktop-devel-ml nn7 de>]

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:56:50 +0000, Jaap Haitsma wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 14:47 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 21:29 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote:
>> > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 01:47:12PM +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
[...]
>> > I would like to see g-p-m fragmented into three parts.
>> > 
>> >  * A daemon with no GTK+ dependance that would be suitable for
>> >    cross-desktop use
>> >  * A capplet (this exists today)
>> >  * A notification area icon (libnotify dependance goes here)
>> 
>> Umm, no.
[...]
> So in my opinion it's not that difficult, or am I missing something?

Well and there is something like this already in pbbuttons 

http://pbbuttons.berlios.de/

it has a daemon pbbuttonsd (watching apm/acpi/pmu), nice osd via
gtkpbbuttons (look at these great screenshots
http://pbbuttons.berlios.de/projects/gtkpbbuttons/screen.html), and
configuration manager via powerprefs ... and oh well everything can even
be controlled via cmdline.

So it is doable and has been done...

Soeren.