From 3471ff39f865a450444774237c435bceaaac1c01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:26:38 +0000
Subject: battery: implement "path" option for batteries with non-standard
 paths

---
 man/i3status.man | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'man/i3status.man')

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+
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