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diff --git a/xbattext.ms b/xbattext.ms index 6acfd80..e000dd3 100644 --- a/xbattext.ms +++ b/xbattext.ms @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ is needed in order to inspect the battery status on NetBSD. .Re xbattext.c:/^\/\* interval in seconds/ .LP By default, the battery status is checked every ten seconds. +.Re xbattext.c:/^\/\* low battery level/ +.LP +By default, the battery level is considered to be low +if it is below 30 percent. .Re xbattext.c:/^struct res/ .LP Two structures are created to access the application's resources: @@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ For more information about resource management and the structure of the .I XtResource type, see .nh -http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/doc/super-ux/g1ae03e/part1/chap9.html. +http://lesstif.\:sourceforge.net/doc/super-ux/g1ae03e/part1/chap9.html. .hy .FE .Re xbattext.c:/"alertFontList"/ @@ -259,3 +263,22 @@ which at the end is registered through the function to occur in .CW INTERVAL seconds. +.Rr +.sp \(PN +.LP +That is the totality of the +.I xbattext +source +(almost; a long comment at the beginning of the file, explaining +what the program does and how it should be compiled, was excluded). +Hopefully, it shows that graphical UNIX programming is nothing to be scared of. +While Xlib, Xt and Xm tend nowadays not to be considered +.Q "best practice" +(whatever that means), +they have a low barrier to entry, +require little resources from the computer and +are often installed by default on UNIX systems. +It is better to use worse practices to create something +than to use best practices and create nothing at all; +if those are the alternatives, +then perhaps best practices aren't. |