https://github.com/zenhack/battstat

A simple battery monitor with libnotify support (Abandoned)
https://github.com/zenhack/battstat

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A simple battery monitor with libnotify support (Abandoned)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zenhack/battstat
• Owner: zenhack
• License: isc
• Created: 2013-07-17T00:18:29.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-07-17T00:33:28.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-22T07:03:01.569Z (2 months ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 109 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
Battstat is a simple battery monitor that I wrote for use with [dwm][1] and

[dunst][2], though it should be easy enough to use it with other window managers

and notification daemons. It reports the status of the battery continuously,

and provides low battery notifications via the notification daemon.

# Building

    make

# Installing

    cp battstat $somewhere_in_your_path

# Usage

When run, Battstat repeatedly outputs the status of the battery. It will look

something like:

    Charging (51%)

Or

    Discharging (32%), 1:05:23

A new status line should come in roughly once per second. In my case, I have

the following in my .xinitrc:

    battstat | while read battinfo; do

	    xsetroot -name "$(show-weather.sh) | $battinfo | $(date +'%a %d %h, %I:%M %p')"

    done &

Which puts the battery status, along with some other information, in the

dwm status bar (which just displays the root window's name). If you're using

another window manager, you will have to find your own way to display the

status.

Battstat will also emit two warnings to the running notification daemon (if

any), When the battery has less than 20 minutes remaining, and again when it

has less than 5 minutes remaining. It's worth noting that Battstat does not

link against libnotify, rather it invokes the notify-send command to send

messages instead (The libnotify api is much more complex to use than the cli).

# License

ISC, see COPYING.

[1]: http://dwm.suckless.org

[2]: http://www.knopwob.org/dunst