# 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,
		...      
```