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-rw-r--r--battery-widget/README.md34
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-rw-r--r--battery-widget/battery.lua6
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diff --git a/battery-widget/README.md b/battery-widget/README.md
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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,
+ ...
+``` \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/battery-widget/bat-wid-1.png b/battery-widget/bat-wid-1.png
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diff --git a/battery-widget/battery.lua b/battery-widget/battery.lua
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--- a/battery-widget/battery.lua
+++ b/battery-widget/battery.lua
@@ -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) \ No newline at end of file
+battery_widget:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function() show_battery_status() end) \ No newline at end of file