From 54a6b57726e160efb8e5434676831d3a6baa14b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Powell <colin@unbl.ink>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:47:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [i3] Fix backlight fade script

---
 bin/.bin/fade        | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 i3/.config/i3/config |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/.bin/fade b/bin/.bin/fade
index 7dd7673..c0e570a 100755
--- a/bin/.bin/fade
+++ b/bin/.bin/fade
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 hostname=`hostname`
-count=200
-if [[ $hostname = 'titan' ]]
-then	
-	count=50
-fi
+max_brightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
+brightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`
+step=$(( max_brightness / 6 ))
+inc=2
+low_delta=$(( brightness - step ))
+high_delta=$(( brightness + step ))
 
-for i in $(seq $count); do
-    case $1 in
-    'up')
-        brightnessctl s +3
-    ;;
-    'down')
-        brightnessctl s 3-
-    ;;
-    esac
-done
+if ( [ $1 = 'down' ] && [ $low_delta -gt 0 ] )  ||  ( [ $1 = 'up' ] && [ $high_delta -lt $max_brightness ] )
+then
+    for i in $(seq $step); do
+        case $1 in
+        'up')
+            brightnessctl s +$inc 1> /dev/null
+        ;;
+        'down')
+            brightnessctl s $inc- 1> /dev/null
+        ;;
+        esac
+    done
+else
+    echo 'Brightness too high. Use `off` parameter to turn backlight off'
+fi
diff --git a/i3/.config/i3/config b/i3/.config/i3/config
index bd9c169..8193cc8 100644
--- a/i3/.config/i3/config
+++ b/i3/.config/i3/config
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ set $casts ~/videos/casts
 # Sreen brightness controls
 bindsym F5 exec ~/.bin/fade down
 bindsym F6 exec ~/.bin/fade up
-bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec ~/.bin/fade up
-bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec ~/.bin/fade down
+#bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec ~/.bin/fade up
+#bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec ~/.bin/fade down
 
 #bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec ~/.config/i3/bright.sh -u # increase screen brightness
 #bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec ~/.config/i3/bright.sh -d # decrease screen brightness
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
 exec --no-startup-id copyq
 
 # RELOAD
-exec --no-startup-id picom --config ~/.config/compton/compton.conf
+#exec --no-startup-id picom --config ~/.config/compton/compton.conf
 exec --no-startup-id dunst
 exec --no-startup-id syncthing -no-qute
 exec xrdb --merge ~/.Xresoureces