keal
A keep alive program for Linux/GNOME, inspired by caffeinate(8) on MacOS.
Installation
You may install keal using gem install keal
, however, this will not install the systemd unit file. So, for now, the recommended way to install keal
is:
git clone https://github.com/pinecat/keal
cd keal
bin/setup
sudo rake install
sudo rake install:service
git clone https://github.com/pinecat/keal && cd keal && bin/setup && sudo rake install && sudo rake install:service
Non-RPM-based distros
Currently, bin/setup
only supports RPM-based distros. I would like to add support for more distros in the near future, however, if you just want to try it out--on, say Ubuntu--you can run bundle install
, and then you'll need to get the following from your package manager:
- glibmm2.4 headers
- ruby development headers
- make
- g++
Usage
$ keal [options] [program [args]]
Caveats
Right now, keal
has two options that affect how it runs: -i
, and -l
. The -i
option will disable screen idle (meaning the screen will never turn off it's display). In current versions of GNOME, this is also disable the lock-screen, as the screen will only ever lock after the display as gone blank. The -l
option--which disables the screen from locking--may be specified alongside the -i
option if you wish, however, it is redundant in that case.
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/pinecat/keal.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.