Yet another Battery/UPS/AC/DC power watcher for X11 (suckless edition).
This directory contains source for the suckless edition of
xbattbar tool. This means that the
project is aimed at simplicity, clarity, and frugality.
There's nothing here but a battery panel that takes the necessary data from
/sys/class/power_supply/*. I think *BSD family also has kernel interfaces
that provide information about the battery status, I don't know and haven't tested.
You're welcome.
xbattbar-se requires the following data:
| Name in config.def.h | Expected | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BattFull | \d+ |
full capacity value |
| BattNow | \d+ |
momentary/instantaneous value |
| PowerState | (0|1) |
power supply online status |
See config.def.h and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt
for more details and examples.
Note that this can be obtained using scripts and written to certain files,
which can then be fed to xbattbar-se.
The program does not work with multiple batteries, but you can configure and run
multiple instances of xbattbar-se, where each instance will indicate a separate
battery.
In the current directory you will find some patches that extend the basic functionality.
Version
0.1.2
Requirements
- basic configuration
Xlib
0001-add-popup-diagnosis-window.patch: add popup window with battery remaining percentXlib
0002-add-libnotify-support.patch: display notification when battery lowlibnotify(requiresgdk-pixbuf-2.0,gio-2.0,gobject-2.0,glib-2.0)
Configuration
Configuration is done with config.h:
make config.h
Read the comments in the generated config.h to edit it according to your needs.
Defaults are stored in config.def.h.
Installation
Edit config.mk to match your local setup (xbattbar-se is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).
Afterward, enter the following command to build and install xbattbar-se (if necessary as root):
make clean install
Authors
- Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Suguru Yamaguchi suguru@wide.ad.jp
- Copyright (c) 2018-2018 Alexandr savca alexandr.savca89@gmail.com