batstat - battery monitor for xfce using genmon plugin

[Kok, Auke]

Adam wrote:
> Hello,
> I created a battery status monitor for xfce because in my opinion the
> xfce battery monitor plugin looks disgusting (no offense to the developers).
> 
> I didn't want to make a full featured panel plugin so I decided to use
> the xfce generic monitor (genmon) plugin instead.
> I started off by creating the battery icon set in inkscape. I then wrote
> a C program to be invoked by genmon. For those who aren't familiar with
> genmon look here:
> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin.
> 
> The feature list of batstat isn't too extensive. Basically it shows the
> following information in a tooltip:
> -Battery charge remaining (%)
> -Estimated battery runtime
> -Charge/discharge rate (mAh)
> -Battery voltage
> batstat also displays an icon which changes according to the battery state.
> Lastly I've included the ability to execute an external command when the
> battery falls below a specified level.
> 
> Here is a screenshot of batstat in action.
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~ablack/batstat/batstat.jpg
> 
> I didn't write this program with the intention of making it public so
> use it at your own risk. If you run into any problems I'll be happy to
> try and assist, but this is my first C program I've written so I may not
> be too helpful.
> 
> batstat 0.1 (21-01-09) can be found here:
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~ablack/batstat/batstat.tar.bz2
> 
> Hopefully someone will find this useful.

random comments:

- packaging is terrible. when I extracted the tarball in my /usr/src folder it
spewed files all over my src! please put files in a proper subfolder, and use the
name-version format everywhere (batstat-0.1.tar.bz2, extracts files to
batstat-0.1/ etc)

- no `make install` either...

- no autoconf files. will help in the future if these are present. perhaps someone
can help with that.

apart from that it's not too bad. we can all discuss the uglyness of things
forever but it appears to work just fine.

my only real objection against the way you implemented this is that it's too
complex for normal users to install and get working properly, which won't help
your popularity ;)

Cheers,

Auke