Dimming the charging LED on the Motorola G7 Power (LineageOS)
AI;DR – This blog post was mostly generated by Claude (via Claude Code), as was the script which is described here. If you don’t want to read “AI slop”, stop reading now. One small thing about my Motorola G7 Power (codename ocean) had been bugging me ever since I put LineageOS on it: the little LED that lights up while the phone is charging glows in a harsh, bright whit
https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2026/05/30/dimming-the-charging-led-on-the-motorola-g7-power-lineageos/
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Delphi VCL: Owner drawing a TStringGrid
Embarcadero has broken owner drawing of TStringGrid several times. To get the text positioned correctly you need version-specific X and Y offsets. Here is the case statement GExperts uses (from GX_StringGridDrawFix.pas): procedure DetermineTextOffsets(_Focused: Boolean; out _XOffset, _YOffset: Integer); begin case GetBorlandIdeVersion of ideD600..ideRSXE1U1: begin // Versions before XE2 wor
https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2026/05/28/delphi-vcl-owner-drawing-a-tstringgrid/
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Delphi desktop settings revisited
I blogged about how and where Delphi stores the desktop settings before. Back then I described the values as percentages of “the monitor” without being precise about which monitor and exactly which area. Since then I have nailed down the details. This applies to at least Delphi 12. The “percentage” values given in the file, like this … [Main Window] Left=-25271 Top=-6205 Width=12089 Height=18462
https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2026/05/27/delphi-desktop-settings-revisited/
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