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   Name=runslideshow
   Exec=/home/pi/Desktop/./runslideshow.sh
+**Step 5 - Schedule screen dimming **
+To schedule screen dimming, open the scheduler with
+   crontab -e
+and add the following lines
+7 * * * sudo sh -c "echo 255 > /sys/devices/platform/rpi_backlight/backlight/rpi_backlight/brightness"
+21 * * * sudo sh -c "echo 12 > /sys/devices/platform/rpi_backlight/backlight/rpi_backlight/brightness"
+which brightens the screen at 7:00 and dims the screen at 21:00.  Note that 255 is max brightness and 0 is minimum (off).
+**Step 6 - Enable right click as a long click **
+Modifying the directions from [[https://fmirkes.github.io/articles/20190827.html|here]], run the commands
+   sudo apt install build-essential libevdev2 libevdev-dev
+   git clone 'https://github.com/PeterCxy/evdev-right-click-emulation.git'
+   cd 'evdev-right-click-emulation'
+   make all
+   sudo cp 'out/evdev-rce' '/usr/local/bin/'
+   sudo chmod +x '/usr/local/bin/evdev-rce'
+Then navigate to ~/.config/autostart, create the file: evdev-rce.desktop, and fill it with
+   [Desktop Entry]
+   Version=1.0
+   Type=Application
+   Name=evdev-rce
+   GenericName=Enable long-press-to-right-click gesture
+   Exec=sudo /usr/local/bin/evdev-rce
+   Terminal=true
+   StartupNotify=false

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