KThinkBat
Description
KThinkBat is a laptop battery monitor for the KDE-Kicker. It is inspired by the Windows Application "Battery Maximizer" which is included with ThinkPads.
On ThinkPads it uses the SMAPI BIOS through the tp_smapi driver. It shows you the current power consumption of the laptop and brings support for a second battery.
Homepage: https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat
Author: Tobias Roeser
Latest Version (2006/01/19): 0.1.5_beta1
Screenshot
Offline Mode: You see how much power left and how much is consumed at the moment.
Online Mode: You see the loading-power.
Installation
KThinkBat uses the autotools. For a standard installation use
./configure make su -c 'make install'
Gentoo
You can use the the ebuild from this portage overlay, category/package: app-laptop/kthinkbat.
Patches
Here's a small patch that changes the color of the current power consumtion text to white ( for dark background). Furthermore it changes the battery gauge's size (looks nicer if you place the kicker vertical).
!! This patch is made for kthinkbat 0.1.4 !!
diff -ur kthinkbat.orig/src/kthinkbat.cpp kthinkbat/src/kthinkbat.cpp --- kthinkbat.orig/src/kthinkbat.cpp 2005-12-15 22:54:28.000000000 +0100 +++ kthinkbat/src/kthinkbat.cpp 2005-12-15 23:32:10.000000000 +0100 @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void KThinkBat::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event) { // Werte fr Gauge und Rand - QSize gaugeFill(40, 18); + QSize gaugeFill(40, 14); QSize gHalfDot(4, 4); QSize offset(4, 4); @@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ painter.drawPolyline(border); // Prozent-Anzeige - painter.drawText( offset.width() + 12, offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() - 5, QString().number(batValue)); + painter.drawText( offset.width() + 14, offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() - 2, QString().number(batValue)); // aktueller Verbrauch in W + painter.setPen ( "white" ); painter.drawText( offset.width(), offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() + 12, QString().number((mWH + 500)/1000) + " " + unity ); painter.end();