Re: apm alternative on amd64, to check battery level

[Chris Bannister <cbannister%slingshot.co.nz@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 08:47:29PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> On 5 November 2015 at 09:32, David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > On 5 November 2015 at 08:57, Ottavio Caruso
> > <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
> >> On 5 November 2015 at 07:55, Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
> >>> What command / tool can I use on amd64 to know the battery level?
> >>
> >> On my Thinkpad I use:
> >> envstat -d acpibat0
> >>
> >> But I would like to have a desktop battery widget instead.
> >
> > I'm quite fond of sysutils/xbattbar - I have it set to show a 1 pixel
> > high status bar across the top of the window. I think quite a few
> > widgets have NetBSD support...
> 
> I've installed it and found it fastidious.

wanting everything to be correct?

That tends to be the nature of software. :)

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