batstat - battery monitor for xfce using genmon plugin

[Adam]

Thanks for the feedback.
I've repackaged the archive so that the files are all in a subfolder and
I've appended the version number.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ablack/batstat/batstat-0.1.tar.bz2

I left out a make install option because I was not entirely sure where
the files should be placed on the system.

Now about the difficulty level, I will try and get around to making a
scripted version in the next couple of days so that no compilation is
necessary. This should reduce the installation complexity.

Thanks

Adam

Kok, Auke wrote:
> 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
>
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