Thread: [Announce] "Alarmed" scheduling App (supports automatic GPRS data counter resetting)
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2011-02-08 , 11:09
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#423
Originally Posted by shapeshifter View Post
This can be done by simply editing a single config file. (Edit /usr/share/hildon-desktop/transitions.ini, look for snap_grid_size and set it to anything higher (snapping is at 4 by default)

The other two things can probably also be done in similar ways or there are other tools.
Editing some system file by myself isn't exactly what I want. Even if it could be done easily it's not quite comfortable on the N900.

It's part of the linux philosophy. Have one program do one thing and have it do it right.
That's only half the truth. It's right that un*x philosophy propagates this kind of kiss-approach. But tweakr is another kind of app. It's not offering functionality by it's own (despite changing profiles which indeed is a functionality) but offering some easy to use gui for tweaking some system configurations. A kind of a better editor.

ProfilesX has a much nicer implementation, which is the reason why Alarmed can easily use it. Actually, alarmed isn't even aware of ProfilesX because it integrates smoothly into Maemo. With tweakr, people who don't use english cannot switch profiles which is a pretty bad bug imho.
Well, that's a good point. I didn't follow that language dependent part of changing profiles deeply as it's working perfectly for me.

I'll have a look around for some other apps which could satisfy my needs and will then follow to profilesx and newer version of alarmed. I just can't stand being stuck on an older version ...