Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room

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Subject	Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 05:16:33 +0000, Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc, Unknown  <dog@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:22:56 +0000, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>> > From xrandr(1):
>> > 	   Multiply the gamma values on the crtc currently attached to the
>> >    output to specified floating value.   Useful for overly bright or
>> >  overly dim outputs. However, this is a software only modification,
>> > 	 if your hardware has support to actually change the brightness,
>> Yes, the flatscreen has 'brightness setting in its menu' xbacklight
>> -get == No outputs have backlight property
> 
> You don't seem to read well. The xrandr method works without hardware
> support, while xbacklight requires hardware support. I suggested xrandr
> because it's software only.
> 
>> => This is just a documentary file: explaing part of the X-bloat! It
>> could be interesting to test/confirm resetting emacs, if you lived
>>  long enough.
--snip--
> 
>>> kids today don't know half of what's under the surface of X11
>> which is NOT a recommendation for X
> 
> You want Windows, you know where to find it.
> 
Many readers-here seem only to know about X or 'Windows'.
What happenened to pla9: by the boys who invented unix; and
 does android suffer from the abusive monolopy which google is showing?

> Elijah
> ------
> is rather fond of X himself

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Need reverse-video for dark-room Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-03-16 17:57 +0000
  Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-16 19:48 +0000
  Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-03-16 16:50 -0700
    Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-17 00:10 +0000
      Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-03-18 20:37 -0700
  Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-03-17 00:22 +0000
    Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 04:15 +0000
      Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-03-18 05:16 +0000
        Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-08 12:51 +0000
          Re: Need reverse-video for dark-room Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-04-08 21:28 +0000

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