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xbatt(1x)

display battery status

NAME

xbatt - display battery status

SYNOPSIS

xbatt [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

xbatt is an X11 client which displays the battery status of your notebook computer equiped with APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS. The status displayed consists of the remaining battery life, the AC line status, and the charging status.

xbatt checks a battery status once in every 30 seconds, and updates its display if necessary. If you move your mouse cursor to the battery icon, xbatt will get current battery information, and display in 1% units (if your BIOS supports this).

If xbatt doesn't display the correct status after resume, then move the mouse cursor to battery icon. This action will reset the xbatt timer.

OPTIONS

xbatt accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below:

-titerInterval N

Change the update interval to N seconds.

-withdrawn

Make the AppIcon to dock into WindowMaker's Docking bar.

AUTHOR

Toshihisa ETO <[email protected]> / <[email protected]>

This manual page was written by Takao KAWAMURA <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

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