Hi, 0% is off completely.
Regards, Alex, On 6-Jul-09, at 6:04 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > James, why is that a shame? Surely you recognize that turning off > the screen would generally not make a lot of sense. These aren't > machines designed exclusively for the blind, so turning off the > screen would only benefit those of us who would not typically use > the screen. It just isn't one of those features Apple or any other > computer manufacturer would really consider. You have the option to > turn the screen brightness down to the point where no one could read > it and that alone would help conserve battery life. However, to say > it is a shame seems a little odd when you consider the larger scope > here. I am not sure what purpose this feature would serve even on a > lInux machine, but maybe there is something I'm missing here beyond > the possible extension of battery life. > On Jul 6, 2009, at 8:43 AM, James & Nash wrote: > >> Thanks Scott, >> >> That is a real shame I think. >> >> Take care >> >> James >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Scott Howell >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:46 AM >> Subject: Re: Turning off MacBook screens? >> >> Screen curtain does not turn the screen off. If you turn the >> brightness down as far as it will go, that will help save your >> battery, but I do not believe you can turn the screen off entirely- >> in other words cut power to it. >> On Jul 6, 2009, at 5:38 AM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am I corect in thinking that the Linux commandline options will >>> work under Mac OS X? If so, if I could find out how to write shell >>> scripts or whatever they are called do you think they would work >>> under Mac OS X? Also, do the Screen Brightness and Screen Curtain >>> options actually turn the screen off? >>> >>> Take care >>> >>> james >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Alex Jurgensen >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 5:22 AM >>> Subject: Re: Turning off MacBook screens? >>> >>> Hi, >>> James, >>> >>> Just continue with Screen Brightness and Screen Curtain together. >>> I should write a CLI script for this. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alex, >>> >>> >>> On 5-Jul-09, at 2:39 PM, James & Nash wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> This might sound like an odd question, but as i cannot see the >>>> screen I was wondering if there was a way to turn it off? I know >>>> that you can turn the screen brightness right down and use the >>>> Screen Curtain which effectively does this which was what I used >>>> to do. But I was wondering if there was a solution via the >>>> Command Line. In Linux, this can be achieved by something like >>>> dpms off. This keeps the screen off until you either use dpms on >>>> our restart the pc. >>>> >>>> I have tried turning off my laptop screen in Windows, and JFW >>>> doesn't like it too much. As VO is built directly into the system >>>> i assume it doesn't use video intercept but instead gets its >>>> access info direct from the Mac OS X kernel? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help that you can provide >>>> >>>> Thank you for taking the time to read this. >>>> >>>> Take care >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
