[maemo-developers] Optimal battery life considerations in apps

[From: Faheem Pervez]

For comparison:

A log of xev running on a desktop and minimizing the window:

FocusOut event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

UnmapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    event 0x6c00001, window 0x6c00001, from_configure NO

PropertyNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    atom 0x155 (WM_STATE), time 96750115, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    atom 0x136 (_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS), time 96750115, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    atom 0xfa (_NET_WM_STATE), time 96750115, state PropertyNewValue

PropertyNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    atom 0x14f (_WIN_STATE), time 96750115, state PropertyNewValue
--

A log of xev running on a tablet running Diablo and minimizing the window:

PropertyNotify event, serial 20, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
    atom 0xeb (WM_STATE), time 1756118079, state PropertyNewValue

FocusOut event, serial 20, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Andrew Flegg<andrew at bleb.org> wrote:
>> One thing I noted with the GTK+ flavour on Diablo is that iconify
>> events are not sent/received correctly - at least in a way different
>> than on stock Desktop GTK+.
>