2011/12/22 Kan-Ru Chen > Karl Fogel writes: > > > Jérémy Compostella writes: > >>I did not received any answers so I'm answering myself about : > >>- Do I miss something in the "submit" process, > >>- Is this patch is a mess ? > >>- Or maybe everybody is busy ... > > > > Jérémy, thanks for the patch. I think it's just #3: everyone is busy. > > Sometimes it can take a while. In some cases, if the feature is not > > compelling enough to others, there may be no useful response at all. > > This doesn't mean it's a bad idea, it just means no one's convinced it's > > needed. > > > > 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? > > FYI, I have a script > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > #!/bin/sh > > if [ -S "/tmp/emacs`id -u`/server" ]; then > emacsclient -n --eval '(battery)' > else > echo "Cannot find emacs server socket"; > fi > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > that I always use it to get the battery info. I'm using a minimalism > window manager that doesn't have battery widget by default. > > -- > Kanru > On my side, I used to be as independent as possible with the Window Manager I use. Indeed, I run Emacs in real fullscreen mode doing almost everything with it (code editing, compilation, debugging, jabber, web, mail, ...). So, I do not have visibility on the potential battery widget. Moreover, for this laptop, I really do care about the instantaneous consumption and this information is not retrieved from sysfs for now. Only from the /proc/acpi part I do not have. Even with a fresh 3.2.0-rc6 freshly compiled, patched and optimized for my power consumption needs. Thanks, Jeremy -- One Emacs to rule them all