How to close lid without triggering standby one time only

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Published on 2011-01-02T01:37:30Z Indexed on 2011/01/02 1:58 UTC
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I have my laptop set to activate standby when I close the lid. I want to keep this as the default for both battery and AC power.

But occasionally I want to close the lid without triggering standby (eg. while just listening to audio).

Is there someway I can tell Ubuntu, "I'm going to close the lid now. Don't stand by this time", without altering the defaults (because I almost always forget to change them back).

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