$NetBSD: patch-ac,v 1.1 2004/04/20 10:31:13 lukem Exp $ --- xbattbar.man.orig 2001-02-02 16:25:29.000000000 +1100 +++ xbattbar.man @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm xbattbar shows the current (laptop) battery status in the X window environment. -Battery status is obtained through the APM kernel module. -The APM kernel module depends on your UNIX platform, +Battery status is obtained through the APM or ACPI kernel module. +The APM and ACPI kernels module depends on your UNIX platform, therefore, consult your documentation for its detail. .Pp .Nm xbattbar @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The thickness of the indicator is 3 pixe you can set the thickness as a parameter of .Nm -t option. -This indicator is appeared in the bottom of the display, as its default. +This indicator appears in the bottom of the display (by default). The option .Nm top, .Nm left, @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ or forces the status indicator to be at the top, left, and right of the display, respectively. -Though it's a default, you can also use -.Nm buttom +Though it's the default, you can also use +.Nm bottom as the option. .Pp -In the case the AC line is on-line (plugged in), -its color of the bar indicator consists of "green" and "olive drab" +When the AC line is on-line (plugged in), +the color of the bar indicator consists of "green" and "olive drab" portions. The "green" portion shows its battery charging level. These colors can be changed by @@ -71,19 +71,20 @@ and .Nm -O options. In the other case (AC line is off-line), +the color of the bar indicator consists of "blue" and "red"; the "blue" portion of the bar indicator shows the percentage of its remaining battery level. -The color conbination for the AC off-line case can be changed by +The color combination for the AC off-line case can be changed by .Nm -i and .Nm -o options. .Pp .Nm xbattbar -trys to know its battery status in every 10 seconds in default. -This is achived by APM polling. +trys to know the battery status in every 10 seconds. +This is achieved by APM or ACPI polling. .Nm -p -option sets the polling interval in second. +option changes the polling interval (in seconds). .Pp If the mouse cursor enters in the status indicator, the diagnosis window appears in the center of the display,