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-rw-r--r--i3status.c3
-rw-r--r--include/i3status.h2
-rw-r--r--man/i3status.man5
-rw-r--r--src/print_battery_info.c4
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/i3status.c b/i3status.c
index 523ba7e..9f04850 100644
--- a/i3status.c
+++ b/i3status.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
cfg_opt_t battery_opts[] = {
CFG_STR("format", "%status %percentage %remaining", CFGF_NONE),
+ CFG_STR("path", "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT%d/uevent", CFGF_NONE),
CFG_BOOL("last_full_capacity", false, CFGF_NONE),
CFG_END()
};
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
print_eth_info(title, cfg_getstr(sec, "format_up"), cfg_getstr(sec, "format_down"));
CASE_SEC_TITLE("battery")
- print_battery_info(atoi(title), cfg_getstr(sec, "format"), cfg_getbool(sec, "last_full_capacity"));
+ print_battery_info(atoi(title), cfg_getstr(sec, "path"), cfg_getstr(sec, "format"), cfg_getbool(sec, "last_full_capacity"));
CASE_SEC_TITLE("run_watch")
print_run_watch(title, cfg_getstr(sec, "pidfile"), cfg_getstr(sec, "format"));
diff --git a/include/i3status.h b/include/i3status.h
index 125ca55..a54208f 100644
--- a/include/i3status.h
+++ b/include/i3status.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ char *auto_detect_format();
void print_ipv6_info(const char *format_up, const char *format_down);
void print_disk_info(const char *path, const char *format);
-void print_battery_info(int number, const char *format, bool last_full_capacity);
+void print_battery_info(int number, const char *path, const char *format, bool last_full_capacity);
void print_time(const char *format, struct tm *current_tm);
void print_ddate(const char *format, struct tm *current_tm);
const char *get_ip_addr();
diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man
index 0666230..a15de86 100644
--- a/man/i3status.man
+++ b/man/i3status.man
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ ethernet eth0 {
battery 0 {
format = "%status %percentage %remaining"
+ path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT%d/uevent"
}
run_watch DHCP {
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@ your battery is at 23% when fully charged because it’s old. In general, I
want to see it this way, because it tells me how worn off my battery is.),
just specify +last_full_capacity = true+.
+If your battery is represented in a non-standard path in /sys, be sure to
+modify the "path" property accordingly. The first occurence of %d gets replaced
+with the battery number, but you can just hard-code a path as well.
+
*Example order*: +battery 0+
*Example format*: +%status %remaining+
diff --git a/src/print_battery_info.c b/src/print_battery_info.c
index 36de3c8..6ee8989 100644
--- a/src/print_battery_info.c
+++ b/src/print_battery_info.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
* worn off your battery is.
*
*/
-void print_battery_info(int number, const char *format, bool last_full_capacity) {
+void print_battery_info(int number, const char *path, const char *format, bool last_full_capacity) {
time_t empty_time;
struct tm *empty_tm;
char buf[1024];
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void print_battery_info(int number, const char *format, bool last_full_capacity)
#if defined(LINUX)
static char batpath[512];
- sprintf(batpath, "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT%d/uevent", number);
+ sprintf(batpath, path, number);
if (!slurp(batpath, buf, sizeof(buf))) {
printf("No battery");
return;