Re: [PATCH] battery.el Retrieve more information from sysfs

[Jérémy Compostella]

2011/12/22 Kan-Ru Chen <address@hidden>

Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:

> Jérémy Compostella <address@hidden> writes:
>>I did not received any answers so I'm answering myself about :
>>- Do I miss something in the "submit" process,
>>- Is this patch is a mess ?
>>- Or maybe everybody is busy ...
>
> Jérémy, thanks for the patch.  I think it's just #3: everyone is busy.
> Sometimes it can take a while.  In some cases, if the feature is not
> compelling enough to others, there may be no useful response at all.
> This doesn't mean it's a bad idea, it just means no one's convinced it's
> needed.
>
> Most people see battery status in an icon on their GUI toolbar, I
> think.  Can you describe the use case(s) for battery.el?  Is it easier
> for the visually impaired, for example?  Maybe for people who are
> running their machine in text-console mode?

FYI, I have a script

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#!/bin/sh

if [ -S "/tmp/emacs`id -u`/server" ]; then
   emacsclient -n --eval '(battery)'
else
   echo "Cannot find emacs server socket";
fi
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

that I always use it to get the battery info. I'm using a minimalism
window manager that doesn't have battery widget by default.

--
Kanru

On my side, I used to be as independent as possible with the Window
Manager I use. Indeed, I run Emacs in real fullscreen mode doing almost
everything with it (code editing, compilation, debugging, jabber, web,

mail, ...). So, I do not have visibility on the potential battery
widget.

Moreover, for this laptop, I really do care about the instantaneous
consumption and this information is not retrieved from sysfs for

now. Only from the /proc/acpi part I do not have. Even with a fresh
3.2.0-rc6 freshly compiled, patched and optimized for my power
consumption needs.

Thanks,

Jeremy
-- 
One Emacs to rule them all