{Request} Delay before setting brightness

[ritujb]

Is it possible to add an option to set the saved brightness after a set Delay such that critical programs (MSI dragon center in my case) which don't let this program work properly can be used in conjuction with it.

I use Dragon Center to set a manual fan control hence it is necessary.

Something like::
Load current brightness level(also monitor brightness change) -> Wait for power source change event -> Source Changed -> Delay -> Set the previously loaded brightness value for current source

Hope you can impement this.

[jay]

If there is another program setting the brightness there will be a race condition.

[ritujb]

Yeah I know. I will manually determine after how much time the other program sets the brightness and then set a delay just greater than that time, so that this program can set the desired brightness.

[jay]

What I'm saying though is there is still a race condition. I suggest if you don't like what the other program is doing with your brightness then contact them and ask for a way to disable that feature.

[ritujb]

I don't understand.
Why would there be still a race condition if we set the brightness after the other program has already done its deed.

The program itself doesn't have any control for brightness, I just found that when I close it, then your program runs properly.

[jay]

There's just no guarantee if another program is also changing the brightness. You're assuming it will already be done. The program may still set the brightness after (or again, after).

[ritujb]

I assure you that it won't. It only changes changes brightness after approx 1 seconds of a power source event is detected. If you can modify this program to add a custom delay through command line options, I can overcome that.

[ritujb]

NVM, I have done it using AutoIt

[jay]

Ok. I went ahead and implemented the option in branch opt_syncdelay (diff) in my repo. In my opinion delaying the sync is a bad idea and should not be added to the official version.