dockapps/wmbattery/wmbattery.1
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.TH WMBATTERY 1
.SH NAME
wmbattery \- dockable battery monitor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wmbattery
[options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B wmbattery
is a battery monitor. It is used to visually display the system's battery
status.
.PP
.B wmbattery
can get battery information using upower, HAL, APM, ACPI, or
the SPIC controller in some Sony laptops.
.B wmbattery
is dockable using WindowMaker and AfterStep window managers; under
other window managers
.B wmbattery
appears as a nicely-sized 64x64 application.
.PP
.B wmbattery
displays the status of your laptop's battery in a small icon. This
includes if it is plugged in, if the battery is charging, how many
minutes of battery life remain, battery life remaining (with both a
percentage and a graph), and battery status (high - green, low -
yellow, or critical - red).
.SH "ELEMENTS OF THE DISPLAY"
The
.B wmbattery
display consists of these elements:
.TP
.B dial
The large dial at the top of the display shows battery life remaining.
.TP
.B time display
The time display, right under and in the middle of the dial, shows how
many hours and minutes of battery life is estimated to remain at the
current rate of use.
.P
.RS
If ACPI is used and battery is charging, the time display will instead show
a countdown (starting with a minus sign) of how many hours and minutes it is
estimated to take until the battery is fully charged.
.RE
.TP
.B power cord
The small icon of a power cord plug, in the bottom left, tells if the
laptop is plugged into wall power. If so, it will be lit.
.TP
.B charging indicator
The lightning bolt icon, to the right of the plug, tells if the
battery is being charged. If so it will be lit and will connect the
plug to the battery.
.TP
.B battery icon
The battery icon, to the right of the lighting bolt, shows the
percentage of battery time. If the battery is removed the icon will be
dimmed. If the computer is low on power the battery will turn yellow;
if the computer is critically low on power and about to die because of
it, it will turn red.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-h
Display list of command-line options.
.TP
.B \-w secs
Pause this many seconds between updates.
.TP
.B \-d display
Use the designated X display.
.TP
.B \-g {+-}x{+-}y
Specify geometry. This specifies position, not size.
.TP
.B \-b battnum
Display the given battery. Only of use with the HAL or ACPI interfaces on
systems with more than one battery. The default is to display the first
battery found.
.TP
.B \-l percent
Set the percentage at which the battery is considered to be running low. By
default, this percentage is determined automatically, and you shouldn't
need to set it. If you set this, you should probably also set the \-c
switch.
.TP
.B \-c percent
Set the percentage at which the battery is considered to be critically low.
By default, this percentage is determined automatically, and you shouldn't
need to set it. If you set this, you should probably also set the \-l
switch.
.TP
.B \-e
wmbattery contains code for estimating the time remaining before discharge,
and until full charge, and this code is used if no other source of this
informaton is available. This switch makes wmbattery use its time
estimation code even if some other estimate is available.
.TP
.B \-s granularity
Ignore fluctuations less than the specified granularity percent when
estimating time. (Implies \-e)
.TP
.B \-a file.au
Play the specified au file (by sending it to /dev/audio) when the battery
is low.
.TP
.B \-x command
Execute the specified command when the battery is below critical. The
strings \fI%percent%\fR, \fI%minutes%\fR and \fI%seconds%\fR will be
translated into the appropriate values.
.TP
.B \-i
Display as icon.
.TP
.B \-n
Disable dial graphic.
.SH EXAMPLE
Start at 10% battery to execute 'echo' including status information:
.RS
wmbattery \-c 10 \-x "echo Status: %percent%% \- %minutes% minutes, %seconds% seconds left"
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>