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# Battery widget
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Simple and easy-to-install widget for Awesome Window Manager.
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This widget consists of:
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- an icon which shows the battery level:
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- a pop-up window, which shows up when you hover over an icon:
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Alternatively you can use a tooltip (check the code):
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- a pop-up warning message which appears on bottom right corner when battery level is less that 15% (you can get the image [here](https://vk.com/images/stickers/1933/512.png)):
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Note that widget uses the Arc icon theme, so it should be [installed](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme#installation) first under **/usr/share/icons/Arc/** folder.
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## Customization
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It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:
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| Name | Default | Description |
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| `font` | `Play 8` | Font |
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| `path_to_icons` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/` | Path to the folder with icons* |
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| `show_current_level`| false | Show current charge level |
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| `margin_right`|0| The right margin of the widget|
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| `margin_left`|0| The left margin of the widget|
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| `display_notification` | false | Display a notification on mouseover |
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| `notification_position` | `top_right` | The notification position |
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| `timeout` | 10 | How often in seconds the widget refreshes |
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| `warning_msg_title` | `Huston, we have a problem` | Title of the warning popup |
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| `warning_msg_text` | `Battery is dying` | Text of the warning popup |
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| `warning_msg_position` | `bottom_right` | Position of the warning popup |
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| `warning_msg_icon` | `~/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/battery-widget/spaceman.jpg` | Icon of the warning popup |
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| `enable_battery_warning` | true | Display low battery warning |
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*Note: the widget expects following icons to be present in the folder:
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- battery-caution-charging-symbolic.svg
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- battery-empty-charging-symbolic.svg
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- battery-full-charged-symbolic.svg
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- battery-full-symbolic.svg
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- battery-good-symbolic.svg
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- battery-low-symbolic.svg
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- battery-caution-symbolic.svg
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- battery-empty-symbolic.svg
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- battery-full-charging-symbolic.svg
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- battery-good-charging-symbolic.svg
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- battery-low-charging-symbolic.svg
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- battery-missing-symbolic.svg
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## Installation
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This widget reads the output of acpi tool.
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- install `acpi` and check the output:
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```bash
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$ sudo apt-get install acpi
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$ acpi
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Battery 0: Discharging, 66%, 02:34:06 remaining
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```
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```lua
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local battery_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.battery-widget.battery")
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...
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s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
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{ -- Right widgets
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layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
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...
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battery_widget(),
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...
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```
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