From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yoni Rabkin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#643: Battery update Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:14:26 +0300 Message-ID: <87proh41od.fsf@rabkins.net> References: <87bq04dbqc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <489B3C91.7010605@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218363271 26254 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2008 10:14:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:14:31 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 10 12:15:22 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KS7xG-0002kD-FB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:15:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40867 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KS7wI-0006s6-0D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:14:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KS7t6-00054k-15 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:11:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KS7t2-00053s-Ae for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:10:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33243 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KS7t0-00053a-4S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:10:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgw.comm.net.il ([193.238.208.240]:55324) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KS7sz-0005v2-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:10:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rabkins.net ([193.238.208.83]) by mailgw.comm.net.il (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id m7AA46AP014525 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:04:06 +0300 Original-Received: from ardbeg.rabkins.net [81.199.122.134] by rabkins.net with ESMTP (SMTPD-8.22) id AED3063C; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:19:47 +0200 X-Ethics: Use GNU In-Reply-To: <489B3C91.7010605@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:18:57 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:102262 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > Chong Yidong wrote: >> Even though it's the feature freeze, I think it's necessary to ensure >> that battery.el works at least at a basic level. > > Just out of curiosity: Why is it necessary that battery.el works? Is > not this information something that the OS normally gives the user > without Emacs? I use Emacs fullscreen under the Ion2 Tiling Window Manager, and it doesn't have any "bars" and "docks" which are so popular these days. I also use Emacs without X11 often. For me, battery.el and wireless.el are the primary sources for me to get that information. -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"