New battery check about i3blocks HOT 13 CLOSED

What do you think in changing "BAT:" to "⚡" sign?

You can find it here http://www.utf8-chartable.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl?start=9728&utf8=string-literal as HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN.

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Looks great!

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However it seems not working for me in the status bar. Is it for you ?

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Yes, this does the job:

[test]
full_text=⚡

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I had a few changes to your script, like using acpi -b, $! on error, and flatten a bit: https://gist.github.com/vivien/9965922

What do you think? If it's ok for you I'll merge it.

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I like your commit. Thanks for adding the GPL license. However, I do not really like the arrow at the end. It would be preferable to add just before the '(' or before charging sign:

• ⚡ 87% ↘(00:20)
• ⚡↘ 87% (20:00)

The arrow at the end is not implicit in my opinion. Just adding near to the charging sign is the best to understand the meaning, however not the best rendering. That's why I purpose the other solution.

My 2 cents

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I agree, I'll go with the 2nd one, looks better:
The gist is updated, I'll merge it soon. :)

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I'm wondering if the first (⚡ 87% ↘(00:20)) is not better. 2 symbol just so close is not easily readable in fact :-(

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Makes sense, I'll change that

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Merged, thanks!

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Thanks to you :-)

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I was wondering something regarding color. What do you think about removing color when charging ?

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Good idea. I'll push a fix.

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