win-bright

An application implemented in GTKMM for controlling brightness in Windows Desktops at software level by adjusting GammaRamp values

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WinBright

A desktop application for Windows computers made in GTK4 and GTKMM to control screen brightness at software level. It manipulates the GammaRamp values obtained from the GDI+ API of the Windows API for setting the brightness at software level.

Table of Contents

  1. Issues
  2. Setup
    1. Installations
    2. Setup Compiler
    3. Setup Project
  3. Releases and Downloads

Issues

Refer issues for more detail on current and resolved issues

Setup

To run this project, some things need to be setup.

Installations

  1. Install MSYS2
  2. Open MSYS2 and run pacman -Syu
  3. Open MSYS2 and run pacman -Syu again.

  4. Open MSYS2 and run the following commands one by one:

    For x64 compiler and builds

    pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
pacman -S pkgconf
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk4
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtkmm-4.0
pacman -S pkgconf

    For x32 compiler and builds

    pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain
pacman -S pkgconf
pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtk4
pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtkmm-4.0
pacman -S pkgconf

  5. Add the follwing to path on your system.

    For x32 bit

    C:\msys64\mingw32\bin

    For x64 bit

    C:\msys64\mingw64\bin

Setting up Code::Blocks Compiler

  1. Open Compiler Settings.

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  2. Setup mingw compiler from msys2 as default compiler in codeblocks. C:\msys64\mingw32 for x32 bit and C:\msys64\mingw64 for x64 bit

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Setting up Code::Blocks Project

Option 1: Cloning the master branch.

Clone the master branch and open the win-bright.cbp file with codeblocks.

Option 2: Creating a new project.

  1. Create a C++ console application project in codeblocks.

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    Give any title to the project.

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  2. Setup project build options. Right click the project name in Workspace pane.

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    Click on Other Compiler Options and paste the following code:

    `pkgconf --cflags gtk4`
`pkgconf --cflags glib-2.0`
`pkgconf --cflags glibmm-2.68`
`pkgconf --cflags gtkmm-4.0`
`pkgconf --cflags gdkmm-2.4`

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    Click on Linker Settings and paste the following code, and click OK:

    `pkgconf --libs gtk4`
`pkgconf --libs glib-2.0`
`pkgconf --libs glibmm-2.68`
`pkgconf --libs gtkmm-4.0`
`pkgconf --libs gdkmm-2.4`
-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mwindows

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Releases

Visit the releases page for downloading the latest version or view release notes.