>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Jennings <nick@namodn.com> writes:
Nick> something simple like that. If not, how would one go about
Nick> making that? what would the app be talking with to get that
Nick> info? (how does the X program do it).
That information is available through the proc filesystem (assuming you have
procfs and APM built into your kernel). Try the following:
cat /proc/apm
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