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Re: battery status in modeline
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Richard Riley |
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Re: battery status in modeline |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:09:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:
> The only real reason to run X on my little dell 10 is because I know how
> much battery I have left.
> But now I've done this
>
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun bat()
> (interactive)
> (shell-command "grep 'present rate' /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state"))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
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> And maybe I don't need it anymore, it would be really nice to show in
> the modeline how much battery power I have left.
>
> Given that the modeline is already crowded also I could show it only
> when reaching a certain threshold. Is there anything like that already
> done?
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This is a good example of using apropos help. Big word for commonly
requested feature. Find any commands including a certain word.
For me:
,----
| C-h a runs the command apropos, which is an interactive compiled Lisp
| function in `apropos.el'.
`----
Type in "battery" and Bob's your Uncle ;)
hth
Re: battery status in modeline,
Richard Riley <=