[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > in the online-documentation for this and had no luck. I imagine it is > quite easy and may even be as simple as a boolean variable...?
In general it's not so simple, since a computer can have many power sources. > All I want to be able to tell is whether or not my computer is being > externally powered. More specifically > I want to be able to have my program running, and be alerted if I > un-plug my power adapter. > > I am using a Mac(powerbook) with if that makes any > difference. It makes big difference, device API on different operating systems is *absolutely* different. On Mac OS X, start from ioreg: http://www.hmug.org/man/8/ioreg.php, also take a look at command line utility for querying battery info: http://www.mitt-eget.com/software/macosx/ These two pages should help you get started. -- Serge. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
