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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;
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</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2002-02-12</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>Battery</keyword>
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<keyword>level</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="battery-monitor">
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<title>The Battery Monitor Panel</title>
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<!-- <note><para>The laptop modules require the correct installation of the
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apm modules. For more information see the section entitled <link
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linkend="laptop">Laptop Information</link>.</para></note> -->
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<sect2 id="batmon-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This panel controls whether or not a battery state icon appears
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in &kde;'s panel.</para>
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<para>Once enabled a battery will appear in your docking bar as one of
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3 icons - a <guiicon>battery with a red X</guiicon> through it
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indicates that <acronym>APM</acronym> has not been installed (in
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particular <filename>/proc/apm</filename> can't be read).</para>
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<para>The other two icons indicate the battery state - a
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<guiicon>small plug with a bar</guiicon> beside it indicates your
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batteries are charging - the height of the blue portion of the bar
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indicate how full your batteries are. A small
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<guiicon>battery</guiicon> in the dock indicates you are running on
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batteries, the amount of blue in the battery indicates how full your
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batteries are.</para>
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<para>If you <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on the docked icon a
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pop-up will tell you how much time you have left in minutes.</para>
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<para>If you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click you get a pop-up
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that lets you put your laptop into suspend or standby modes - or to
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bring up the laptop configuration widget.</para>
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<para>All features of Battery are configured from the Setup dialog.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="batmon-use">
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<title>Use</title>
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<para>The configuration window can be divided into 3 parts.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show Battery Monitor</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This controls whether or not the battery icon appears. This is
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disabled by default.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Poll</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This setting controls how often, in seconds, the battery is
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updated. </para>
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<para>The default is 20 seconds.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Icons</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>The battery monitor uses three icons to represent the three
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states: No APM, Charging, and Not Charging. The icons shown are the <quote>large</quote>
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icons. To select new ones, click on the buttons and a icon loader dialog will
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pop up. </para>
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<note><para>If you create your own icons - they will work with the battery
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monitor - but be careful.</para>
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<para>All the exactly white pixels in the icon get filled by blue for the
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battery meter - if you want some white looking pixels to stay choose a slightly
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off-white or gray color for them.</para></note>
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<para>The author does not claim to be a graphic artist and would love for
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someone to donate some better looking icons to the cause.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="batmon-author">
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<title>Section Author</title>
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<para>This section written by &Paul.Campbell; &Paul.Campbell.mail;</para>
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<para>Converted to Docbook by &Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</para>
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<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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