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diff --git a/org/lowbat.org b/org/lowbat.org deleted file mode 100644 index a2fc8a5..0000000 --- a/org/lowbat.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: lowbat - lightweight low battery notifier - -* Why lowbat? - I've been using minimalist OS installations for work, personnal computing -and playing video games for a while now. I used [[https://www.archlinux.org/][Arch Linux]], I still use -[[https://gentoo.org/][Gentoo Linux]] - which is by far my favorite Linux distribution - as a desktop -OS, and now I am using [[https://www.freebsd.org/][FreeBSD]] on my workstation. - -Those operating systems and distributions basically come with a kernel, -coreutils, a shell and that's pretty much it. Everything else has to be -installed manually. I love this philosophy, the simplicity behind it and the -fact that you know exactly what's on your system at any moment. - -As window managers, I used [[http://dwm.suckless.org/][dwm]] for a while, and I am now using [[https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm][bspwm]]. They -are ultra-fast, very lightweight and do not bring extra bloatware to my systems. -I do not use a status bar as well, I like my applications to use the full screen -space available. - -A big problem for me with this setup for me was that they do not come with some -kind of warning or notification system, like fancier desktop environments would, -when my laptop battery is low. That also was before I started using *Emacs*, -discovering the battery level indicator in the modeline. Ultimatly the -frustration was too important when the computer kept shutting down in -the middle of important work too many time. Then I decided to create *lowbat* -to cure this issue. - -* History of lowbat - It started as a very short ~dash~ shell (get [[https://github.com/tklauser/dash][dash]] here) script that was -working fine but I wanted to experiment a little bit with this. It turned into -a ~C++~ program, which is still the case for the GNU/Linux version. -Switching to FreeBSD, I exerimented again by turning it into an -~x64 assembly~ program, following the *Intel* syntax. In that way *lowbat* is -even more lightweight and consumes less battery power. -These days, I am rewriting it in the *AT&T* syntax. - -* How it works -** libnotify lowbat - The principle of *lowbat* is rather simple. When it's running in the -background, it checks every 4 minutes whether your battery is above 15%. -If that is the case, it sleeps for another 4 minutes. When your battery runs -bellow 15%, *lowbat* checks your battery level every 20 seconds as well as -sending you a *notification* using ~libnotify~. You can display live -notifications on your desktop using ~dunst~ for example, as well as many -other I'm sure. - -#+CAPTION: A notification generated by lowbat, displayed by dunst -#+NAME: fig:lowbat-example -[[../img/lowbat-01.jpg]] - -** espeak lowbat - *lowbat* also has an option to send a custom voice message to the use -using ~espeak~. Very handy if you are not in front of your computer or -if you want to bring joy to this dramatic event. - -** unknown lowbat - Sadly, I wasn't able to test lowbat on machines with more that one -battery. My call is that it will only warn you for the /first/ battery, -but I can't be sure. Try it and tell me! - -* Links to lowbat - - GNU/Linux: [[https://github.com/JozanLeClerc/lowbat][lowbat's GitHub GNU/Linux repository]] - - BSD: [[https://github.com/JozanLeClerc/lowbat-bsd][lowbat's GitHub BSD repository]] |