local wibox = require("wibox") local awful = require("awful") local naughty = require("naughty") local watch = require("awful.widget.watch") -- acpi sample outputs -- Battery 0: Discharging, 75%, 01:51:38 remaining -- Battery 0: Charging, 53%, 00:57:43 until charged local path_to_icons = "/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/" local username = os.getenv("USER") battery_widget = wibox.widget { { id = "icon", widget = wibox.widget.imagebox, resize = false }, layout = wibox.container.margin(brightness_icon, 0, 0, 3), set_image = function(self, path) self.icon.image = path end } watch( "acpi", 10, function(widget, stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode) local batteryType local _, status, charge_str, time = string.match(stdout, '(.+): (%a+), (%d?%d%d)%%,? ?.*') local charge = tonumber(charge_str) if (charge >= 0 and charge < 15) then batteryType="battery-empty%s-symbolic" show_battery_warning() elseif (charge >= 15 and charge < 40) then batteryType="battery-caution%s-symbolic" elseif (charge >= 40 and charge < 60) then batteryType="battery-low%s-symbolic" elseif (charge >= 60 and charge < 80) then batteryType="battery-good%s-symbolic" elseif (charge >= 80 and charge <= 100) then batteryType="battery-full%s-symbolic" end if status == 'Charging' then batteryType = string.format(batteryType,'-charging') else batteryType = string.format(batteryType,'') end widget.image = path_to_icons .. batteryType .. ".svg" -- Update popup text -- TODO: Filter long lines -- battery_popup.text = string.gsub(stdout, "\n$", "") end, battery_widget ) -- Popup with battery info -- One way of creating a pop-up notification - naughty.notify local notification function show_battery_status() awful.spawn.easy_async([[bash -c 'acpi']], function(stdout, _, _, _) notification = naughty.notify{ text = stdout, title = "Battery status", timeout = 5, hover_timeout = 0.5, width = 200, } end ) end battery_widget:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function() show_battery_status() end) battery_widget:connect_signal("mouse::leave", function() naughty.destroy(notification) end) -- Alternative to naughty.notify - tooltip. You can compare both and choose the preferred one --battery_popup = awful.tooltip({objects = {battery_widget}}) -- To use colors from beautiful theme put -- following lines in rc.lua before require("battery"): -- beautiful.tooltip_fg = beautiful.fg_normal -- beautiful.tooltip_bg = beautiful.bg_normal --[[ Show warning notification ]] function show_battery_warning() naughty.notify{ icon = "/home/" .. username .. "/.config/awesome/nichosi.png", icon_size=100, text = "Huston, we have a problem", title = "Battery is dying", timeout = 5, hover_timeout = 0.5, position = "bottom_right", bg = "#F06060", fg = "#EEE9EF", width = 300, } end