On Thu, Aug 04 2005, Lute Kamstra wrote: > Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I tried to enable battery-mode on my notebook using `M-x battery- >> TAB' but I got "No match". Eventually I found >> `display-battery-mode' in `battery.el'. Shouldn't the name of the >> minor mode read `battery-mode' instead of `display-battery-mode'? > > Agreed.
(In the meantime I saw that there's one similarly named (interactive) command `display-time-mode'.) >> +(define-obsolete-function-alias 'display-battery-mode 'battery-mode "22.1") [...] >> Okay to commit? > > Ok with me. > >> Shouldn't battery mode be mentioned briefly in (info "(emacs)Optional >> Mode Line") as well? > > Maybe you can write a patch? --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- --- display.texi 17 Jul 2005 17:48:14 +0200 1.98 +++ display.texi 04 Aug 2005 17:54:03 +0200 @@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ to specify the directory to check for incoming mail (any nonempty regular file in the directory is considered as ``newly arrived mail''). [EMAIL PROTECTED] battery-mode +On some systems, Emacs can display battery status information in the +mode line. To enable this feature, type @kbd{M-x battery-mode} or +customize the option @code{battery-mode}. + @cindex mode line, 3D appearance @cindex attributes of mode line, changing @cindex non-integral number of lines in a window --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Of course one could describe some related variables (battery-mode-line-format, battery-update-interval, battery-load-low, battery-load-critical), but IIRC the goal is not to add to much text to the manual. Does it make sense to mention `battery-status-function' in the doc strings of `battery' and `[display-]battery-mode'? Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/ _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel