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In summary, this proposal saves power, but is too much like a hack that will add support complexity if integrated into master. A proper solution may become more viable once the render thread becomes split from the main thread. So from the master-branch perspective I'll close the PR.
Regarding the FernetMenta's branch, I'll comment on there.
(I'll leave the hack in one of my own branches until a proper way can be found).
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Pausing may not be the primairy use case; idle is. Hopefully this solution also works nicely once the screensaver kicks in.
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It depends on which screensaver is kicking in. If the screensaver is playing back video, then there isn't much power savings to be had.
What is a good reference screensaver? Mine is set to dim, but I don't know if that's typical or not.