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<refentry>
  <refentryinfo>
    <address>
      <email>richard@hughsie.com</email>;
    </address>
    <author>
      <firstname>Richard</firstname>
      <surname>Hughes</surname>
    </author>
    <copyright>
      <year>2005</year>
      <holder>Richard Hughes</holder>
    </copyright>
    &date;
  </refentryinfo>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>mate-power-backlight-helper</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>&package;</refname>

    <refpurpose>helper application for MATE's power management backlight control</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>&package;</command>
      <arg><option>--help</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--set-brightness</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--get-brightness</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--get-max-brightness</option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

    <para>This manual page documents briefly the
      <command>&package;</command> command.</para>

    <para><command>&package;</command> is a helper utility for controlling the backlight of TFT displays via the MATE power manager userspace daemon.</para>
	<para>The <command>&package;</command> requires to be run with root privileges.</para>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <para>This program follows the usual &gnu; command line syntax,
      with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of
      options is included below. </para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>--help</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Show summary of options.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>--set-brightness BRIGHTNESS_LEVEL</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Set the given brightness.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
  	  <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>--get-brightness</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Get the current brightness.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>--get-max-brightness</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Get the number of brightness levels supported.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
	</variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

    <para>mate-power-manager (1).</para>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>

    <para>This manual page has been written by Mike Gabriel <email>mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de</email> for
      the <productname>Debian</productname> system (but may be used by others).
    </para>

  </refsect1>
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