Does a ktorrent plugin exist that will make sure that ktorrent only uses bandwidth and cpu time when I have been idle for x minutes (like a screensaver)? That way, I don't have to press Stop All and Start All whenever I am leaving my computer or coming back to it.

/David

No this does not exist at the moment.

Okay, can I request it as a feature, then?

I do not know, let's wait for George to think about this.

The problem with this is, is how to figure out when you are idle.

George wrote:The problem with this is, is how to figure out when you are idle.

Is there a way to base it off of the timer kde uses for its screensaver (although I would have no idea where to look).

Jeremy

George wrote:The problem with this is, is how to figure out when you are idle.

That's not such a big problem, I think. Many applications (screensavers, SETI@Home etc.) use some sort of idle criteria. Just make it configurable. Some criteria could be:

1) CPU usage. Don't do anything unless cpu usage (current, average, whatever) is less than x.

2) User input. Don't do anything unless there have been no user input (mouse or keyboard) for x seconds

3) Network usage. Don't use bandwidth if something else is using a lot of bandwidth.

/David

bassmadrigal wrote:

George wrote:The problem with this is, is how to figure out when you are idle.

Is there a way to base it off of the timer kde uses for its screensaver (although I would have no idea where to look).

Jeremy

Probably, I need to look in the KDE screensaver code and see how they do this.

I don't know if I am the only one who would find such a feature extremely useful. But anyway.... you rock!!