Re: [orca-list] Some shortcut key to turn off monitor

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I use it on my laptop to save power. I'll also occasionally use it for 
privacy when I'm in a meeting. It's less obvious then lowering the lid, 
which makes it look like I'm hiding something, while just turning the 
monitor off just makes it look like I'm saving power since I don't need 
the monitor. Using the toggle, I've never had a problem getting the 
screen back on to show the screen to someone else.

On 08/11/16 15:25, Alex Midence wrote:
> Help me understand the rationale behind this one.  Why not just reach over and push the off button on the 
> monitor to turn it off?  Are we talking laptops here?  And, if so, why turn the monitor off at all?  Battery 
> saver or something?  Just curious.  If I don't want someone seeing what I'm typing over my shoulder, I will 
> half close my screen or something like that.  I can't imagine doing something to monkey with the monitor on 
> the laptop in case something goes wrong and I can't turn it back on.  I share my machines with my sighted 
> family so, that would be a real problem.
>
> Thanks.
> Alex M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of B. Henry
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 12:05 PM
> To: Krishnakant; orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Some shortcut key to turn off monitor
>
> Oh, I got sidetracked and forgot to say that you can get the monitor toggle script as part of my 
> fluxable-newmenu package available in the arch-linux aur.
> It is available from github if you do not use arch.
> git clone http://github.com/burt1iband/fluxable-newmenu
>
> I need to check in to a couple of things as the branch for distros that don't fully use systemd, i.e. have no 
> enabled systemctl shutdown or reboot commands did not seem to be available ladsat I checked, but even if it 
> is not you can use everything else including the orca configuration item, gui shutdown, and applications 
> menus on any machine that uses nautilus, pcmanfm, or caja as it's filemanager.
> The GUI desktop shutdown menu entry works with XFCE, ratpoison, fluxbox, Unity, mate, and gnome, and if I 
> remember correctly LXDE.
> It give one old school categorized applications menus similar to those found in mate or XFCE which can be 
> helpful for those who use gnome or unity, and it gives one a way to get at orca prefferences even if they do 
> not have an insert key to switch to laptop layout or enable the capslock for orcakey if they forget orca -s.
> I'll try and get around to seeing what's going on with the non-systemd branch soon.
> The branch for those using vinux, Ubuntu, etc is vnx.
> Master is what you want for Debian, Fedora, Arch and any distro that fully integrates systemd, and if you 
> can't find the vnx branch will mostly work on any distro.

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