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<h1 class="post-title"><a href="https://paulwilde.uk/ponderings/batmon/">BatMon</a></h1>
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2024-07-29
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:: tags:&nbsp;
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<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codeberg.org&#x2F;pswilde&#x2F;batmon" target="_blank">source code</a>
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<p>A simple battery monitor tool that can notify you on battery status changes for FreeBSD.<br />
Inspired by but in no way similar to <a href="https://github.com/electrickite/batsignal">batsignal</a> - inspiring the basic function only.
Written in pure <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/ponderings/batmon/https/nim-lang.org">Nim</a>.</p>
<h2 id="requirements">Requirements</h2>
<h3 id="run-requirements">Run Requirements</h3>
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<li><code>apm</code></li>
<li><code>notify-send</code></li>
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<h3 id="build-requirements">Build Requirements</h3>
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<li><code>nim</code></li>
<li><code>nimble</code></li>
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<h2 id="installation">Installation</h2>
<p>To install into your <code>.nimble/bin</code> directory</p>
<pre data-lang="sh" style="background-color:#212121;color:#eeffff;" class="language-sh "><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="color:#82aaff;">git clone https://codeberg.org/pswilde/batmon </span><span style="color:#89ddff;">&amp;&amp; </span><span style="color:#82aaff;">cd batmon
</span><span style="color:#82aaff;">nimble install
</span></code></pre>
<h2 id="running">Running</h2>
<pre data-lang="sh" style="background-color:#212121;color:#eeffff;" class="language-sh "><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="font-style:italic;color:#4a4a4a;"># To run the daemon server notifier, just run:
</span><span style="color:#82aaff;">batmon</span><span style="color:#89ddff;"> -</span><span style="color:#f78c6c;">d
</span><span>
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#4a4a4a;"># To run once and just show battery level, run:
</span><span style="color:#82aaff;">batmon</span><span style="color:#89ddff;"> -</span><span style="color:#f78c6c;">o
</span></code></pre>
<h2 id="using">Using</h2>
<p>When importing Batmon as a module you have access to the <code>get_battery_status()</code>
procedure which will return a <code>Battery</code> object you can use elsewhere.</p>
<h3 id="battery-type">Battery Type</h3>
<pre data-lang="nim" style="background-color:#212121;color:#eeffff;" class="language-nim "><code class="language-nim" data-lang="nim"><span style="color:#c792ea;">type
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Battery</span><span>* = </span><span style="color:#c792ea;">object
</span><span> status*: </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Status
</span><span> charge*: </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#c792ea;">float
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Status</span><span>* = </span><span style="color:#c792ea;">enum
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">High</span><span>,
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Low</span><span>,
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Critical</span><span>,
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Charging</span><span>,
</span><span> </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Unknown
</span></code></pre>
<p>Also, you have access to the notification handler module, where you can build
and send your own notifications:</p>
<pre data-lang="nim" style="background-color:#212121;color:#eeffff;" class="language-nim "><code class="language-nim" data-lang="nim"><span style="color:#c792ea;">var</span><span> n = </span><span style="color:#82aaff;">newNotification</span><span>(</span><span style="color:#c3e88d;">&quot;Title&quot;</span><span>, </span><span style="color:#c3e88d;">&quot;Body&quot;</span><span>, urgency = </span><span style="color:#ffcb6b;">Normal</span><span> , timeout = </span><span style="color:#f78c6c;">5000</span><span>)
</span><span style="color:#c792ea;">discard</span><span> n.</span><span style="color:#82aaff;">send</span><span>()
</span></code></pre>
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