mb-applet-battery(1)
π mb-applet-battery β the manual, but make it cute π
okay bestie, welcome to the mb-applet-battery(1) page, General Commands Manual edition. yes that's the whole title, we're keeping it, it's iconic. sit down, grab a snack π, and let's talk about the little panel applet that tells you how much juice your battery has left.
β¨ NAME β¨
mb-applet-battery β a battery status panel applet
like. that's it. that's the name. it's giving "I do one thing and I do it well" π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
mb-applet-battery
no flags. no arguments. no drama. you just run it and it exists. main character energy fr fr π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
okay so mb-applet-battery is a panel applet which displays the amount of battery charge remaining. that's the vibe. it sits in your panel and it tells you how much battery you have. no cap, that's genuinely the whole thing, and honestly? obsessed. β¨
π so what's Matchbox tho?
Matchbox</purl> is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as:
- handhelds π«Ά
- set-top boxes πΊ
- kiosks π
- and literally anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited π
so yeah, if you're on a tiny little device where every pixel is fighting for its life, that's the Matchbox girlies' whole lane. lowkey genius. π
π AUTHOR π
mb-applet-battery was written by Matthew Allum <mallum@o-hand.com>.
respect the founder, periodt. π
π the sign-off π
this page is from the General Commands Manual, dated Mar 24 2008, and it's the mb-applet-battery(1) page β so if you ever forget where you read all this, that's the receipt bestie π§β¨ go forth and check ur battery ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-1
- debian trixie: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-2
- ubuntu jammy: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-1
- ubuntu noble: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-1build2
- ubuntu questing: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-2
- ubuntu resolute: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-4
- ubuntu stonking: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-4
- Copyright 2008 Moray Allan
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms