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.TH WMBATPPC 1 "February 2004" Linux "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
wmbatppc, batppc \- Battery monitor for Apple laptops using PMU
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wmbatppc
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B wmbatppc
displays, as a WindowMaker dockapp, power management information
on new PowerBooks (aka Pismo) and iBook.

.B batppc
prints power management information on the console.

Both
.B wmbatppc
and
.B batppc
retrieve the power management information either from
.I pmud
(using a TCP/IP connection on the localhost or a UNIX domain socket)
or from
.I /proc/pmu.

By default, both
.B wmbatppc
and
.B batppc
will use
.I /proc/pmu.
.SH OPTIONS

.TP
.I \-r time
Sets the update interval (in milliseconds), default: 100
.TP
.I \-display display
This option specifies the X server to contact; see X(1).
.TP
.I \-w
This option enables the WindowMaker/AfterStep GUI (64*64 pixmap)
.TP
.I \-o
This option disables the On-Screen Display (only available if wmbatppc
was built with XOSD support).
.TP
.I \-x
This option enables the swallowed application GUI (24*176 pixmap)
intended for use with the GNOME Panel.
.TP
.I \-t
This option indicates wmbatppc to connect to pmud via the TCP port
879 on localhost.
.TP
.I \-u [PATH]
This option indicates wmbatppc to connect to pmud via a UNIX domain
socket. The optional
.I PATH
argument can be used to specify the path to the UNIX domain socket
to use.

.SH OUTPUT
.B batppc
outputs a line similar to the following :
.TP
PC 100% 80% 01:20
.br
P = AC plugged in (\- when not plugged)
.br
C = charging (\- when not charging)
.br
100% = left battery state (\-\-% when no battery)
.br
80%  = right battery state
.br
01:20 = time left

Percentages for each battery are coloured in green, yellow or red depending
on the battery state.

.SH BUGS
Please report any bugs you may find to:
.TP
.B jb@jblache.org

.SH AUTHOR
.B wmbatppc
was originally written by Lou <titelou@free.fr>; it is now maintained
by Julien BLACHE <jb@jblache.org>.

.SH Homepage
http://titelou.free.fr/