From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Roland Winkler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] battery.el Retrieve more information from sysfs Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:30:19 -0600 Message-ID: <87zkekkfn8.fsf@niu.edu> References: <87r50190eb.fsf@Apollo.jerryland.fr> <87liq5rad1.fsf@kwarm.red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1324553455 30591 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2011 11:30:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:30:55 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 22 12:30:51 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RdgrK-0003ot-BN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:30:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60448 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RdgrJ-0003N3-S6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:30:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RdgrE-0003Mu-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:30:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rdgr8-0004FJ-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:30:44 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:57771) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rdgr8-0004Ev-0O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:30:38 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rdgr5-0003f6-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:30:35 +0100 Original-Received: from msdvpn229.msd.anl.gov ([130.202.251.229]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:30:35 +0100 Original-Received: from winkler by msdvpn229.msd.anl.gov with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:30:35 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: msdvpn229.msd.anl.gov User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GSXu9WrnzwVbpWKHo1XhJ09j1GU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:146920 Archived-At: On Wed, Dec 21 2011, Karl Fogel wrote: > 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? > > When do you use it? I am using battery.el all the time. Even though I have some icon for this in the GUI toolbar, I would miss it too often. So the more prominent display in the emacs mode line is the perfect place for me. Roland