Battery widget readme

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+# Battery widget
+Simple and easy-to-install widget for Awesome Window Manager.
+
+This widget consists of 
+
+ - an icon which shows the battery level: ![Battery Widget](./bat-wid-1.png)
+ - a pop-up window, which shows up when you hover over an icon: ![Battery Widget](./bat-wid-2.png)
+ - a pop-up warning message which appears on bottom right corner when battery level is less that 15%: ![Battery Widget](./bat-wid-3.png) 
+
+## Installation
+
+This widget reads the output of acpi tool.
+- install `acpi` and check the output:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo apt-get install acpi
+$ acpi
+Battery 0: Discharging, 66%, 02:34:06 remaining
+```
+
+- clone/copy battery.lua file to ~/.config/awesome/ folder;
+
+- include `battery.lua` and add battery widget to your wibox in rc.lua:
+
+```lua
+require("battery")
+...
+s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
+	{ -- Right widgets
+    	layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
+		...
+		battery_widget,
+		...      
+```
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diff --git a/battery-widget/bat-wid-2.png b/battery-widget/bat-wid-2.png
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diff --git a/battery-widget/bat-wid-3.png b/battery-widget/bat-wid-3.png
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diff --git a/battery-widget/battery.lua b/battery-widget/battery.lua
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ local awful = require("awful")
 local naughty = require("naughty")
 local watch = require("awful.widget.watch")
 
-batteryIcon = wibox.widget { widget = wibox.widget.imagebox }
+battery_widget = wibox.widget { widget = wibox.widget.imagebox }
 
 -- acpi sample outputs
 -- Battery 0: Discharging, 75%, 01:51:38 remaining
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ watch(
         if status == 'Charging' then 
             batteryType = batteryType .. '-charging'
         end
-        batteryIcon.image = path_to_icons .. batteryType .. ".svg"
+        battery_widget.image = path_to_icons .. batteryType .. ".svg"
     end
 )
 
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ function show_battery_warning()
 end
 
 -- popup with battery info
-batteryIcon:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function() show_battery_status() end)
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+battery_widget:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function() show_battery_status() end)
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