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by milhouse31 4908 days ago
For all my fellow f.lux windows fan, I created a little app (in Delphi) : Reflux.

You can download it here (There is also another package with source) https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=CD51CF0B626581E!134&#3...

Basically, you can configure it to kill f.lux (and thus get your precious color back) when certain applications are executed. When all the "killer" applications are closed, f.lux is restarted automatically. It's barebone (there is no GUI) and I tried to keep it light (CPU & memory wise)

Reflux quick readme :

- It's windows only

- If you want reflux to start on windows startup you have to do it yourself. (I personally added an entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run)

- I recommend putting the exe and the ini in the same directory than flux.exe (on my computer C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Apps\F.lux

- In the ini (open it with notepad), you can add a list of "f.lux killer" in the KILLERPROCESSES part. ie: KILLERPROCESSES=mpc-hc64.exe;photoshop.exe;vlc.exe

- There are 2 other options.

- If you didn't put reflux.exe in the same directory than flux.exe you can add a FLUXPATH entry. ie: FLUXPATH=c:\flux\flux.exe

- The process (by default) is executed every 2500ms. If you find it too slow or too quick you can add a CHECKINTERVAL entry. ie : CHECKINTERVAL=5000

Hope you guys enjoy it

1 comments

Nice to know someone is still using Delphi :) I had a lot of fun with it as a kid.