From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: wireless.el -- display wireless status on the mode-line Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87pry1jam1.fsf@actcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195862457 10254 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2007 00:00:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:57 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 01:01:03 2007 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 1IviSE-0001BS-M4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:01:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IviS0-0001ys-9M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:00:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IviRw-0001yb-Pk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:00:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IviRu-0001yN-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:00:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IviRt-0001yK-U5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:00:41 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IviRt-0006MI-GV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:00:41 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IviRp-0004oa-6b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:37 +0000 Original-Received: from sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.223.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:37 +0000 Original-Received: from sdl.web by sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:37 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACgAAAAoBAMAAAB+0KVeAAAAG1BMVEUAAAA9Cgm3Hx1WWFWA gn+WmJWsrqv4+vcCAwCRl2MkAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAFiS0dEAIgFHUgAAAAJcEhZcwAAAYoA AAGKATOXMFgAAAAHdElNRQfXAQwDNR+ZJmElAAABIklEQVQoz22SPW+DQAyGWUq65qasd9PNUSX4 AZHK2C1rJy5jpDS4IwRVup9dn7GNafpKIPPgzztXFSujqq1eM2n8h22oMkvxI/i9C97kRfMRUN55 dS3BrsAwBXUtMLAO4lryh8kTjOxKpQNniNxAgZOEe4bZwsDTFhKdqZRLNII4OQNHhEuq/RMkm6Cj TnnEA/fk0BorcYn5qA3oaeAxbaBOLrX+9G48NZ2Fzc2tzDM8Q+tMypEOqYHh8mAWaaK3U/cDMOT5 aMZMABgPXc7zPMs1A8DXO756GFJ/4fMEq47hTsAdn5avoxZ4ywl0c2w4Flu2Ybeyb3S+EqxX2DYA H8veJGEDTnHnrXvRaPyt+2kSfK6rfBZ2tUtfP/mR+pR6sX8BUZ/cDV7tvkoAAAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.130000 Emacs/23.0.50 (20071101) Fedora 8 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:oAEKDzLHERVj+CQ4CP/9RyT1Wug= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:84017 Archived-At: On 2007-11-23 14:32 +0000, Yoni Rabkin Katzenell wrote: > Hello, > > Attached is a small library to display the status (signal strength, > interface name, etc.) of a GNU/Linux wireless network connection on the > Emacs mode-line. I'm sending it in to the list in hopes that people will > find it useful. I find it an excellent companion to battery.el on my > laptop. > > It is implemented by parsing the /proc/net/wireless file found on some > GNU/Linux systems with a working wireless interface. > > It can also be downloaded via Darcs with: > > $ darcs get http://yrk.nfshost.com/repos/wireless It looks like it only supports limited wireless cards. For example, it cannot parse this /proc/netwireless file properly. ,----[ wireless ] | Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE | face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 22 | eth0: 0000 0. -38. -92. 0 0 0 0 20 97 `---- -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. Use the best OS -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/