[Trac #31] Power Manager for OLPC laptops

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#31: Power Manager for OLPC laptops
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 Reporter:  jg              |        Owner:  hughsient at gmail.com
     Type:  task            |       Status:  assigned           
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  BTest-3            
Component:  infrastructure  |   Resolution:                     
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Comment (by marco):

 Replying to [comment:8 hughsient at gmail.com]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 marco]:
 > >The battery status will likely be displayed with an icon on the home
 view
 >
 > Will this be some sort of applet or an in-process icon?

 I didn't put a lot of thinking into this, since we only started the UI
 design recently. Though I'm pretty sure it will have to be in-process. We
 want full control on the the layout of the device icons in the home view,
 interaction with the icon will be different from desktops, the icon
 background will have to be transparent, etc.

 > Have you got any examples on how to do this?

 Oh there is really no support in sugar for this yet.

 > I want to design the g-p-m-compatible dbus interface to be suitable for
 OLPC, n770 etc.

 If you have any doc or code about the interface I'd happy to have a look
 and see if it's suitable for OLPC. The requirements for battery status in
 the current design seem pretty simple:

 * A way to get the battery level
 * A way to get the remaining battery time
 * Notifications when these properties change (?)

 If you are interested in seeing the user interface mockups let me know.

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