Comment 14 for bug 811777

First of all, thanks for the hack Leonardo. Worked perfectly for me.

I typically use my laptop on battery power for simple scientific calculations, using it mostly as a desk calculator; however, I do run into times when I need to run more demanding programs, which require higher cpu loads to solve differential equations. The normal light load during simple calculations causes an artificially extended battery life to be reported, since the sudden increase in load from the more demanding program will consume power at a faster rate. I typically solve this by looking at the battery percentage, to see if I've got enough juice left to execute the calculation.

Although I don't think it should be classified as a "bug," it would be nice to have an officially supported way to show battery percentage as opposed to time remaining next to the battery icon.