--- gpm-1.17.8/gpm-root.c	Sat May  8 07:51:06 1999
+++ gpm-1.17/gpm-root.c	Fri May 21 22:46:32 1999
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
 int f_free(int mode, DrawItem *self, int uid);
 int f_time(int mode, DrawItem *self, int uid);
 int f_pipe(int mode, DrawItem *self, int uid);
+int f_apm (int mode, DrawItem *self, int uid);
 
 
 #line 191 "gpm-root.y"
@@ -1148,6 +1149,7 @@
   {"f.free",T_FUNC,f_free},
   {"f.time",T_FUNC,f_time},
   {"f.pipe",T_FUN2,f_pipe},
+  {"f.apm",T_FUNC,f_apm},
   {"f.nop",T_FUNC,NULL},
   {NULL,0,NULL}
 };
@@ -1625,8 +1627,51 @@
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int f_pipe(int mode, DrawItem *self, int uid) {return 0;}
 
-     /*====================================================================*/
-     int fixone(Draw *ptr, int uid)
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int f_apm(int mode, DrawItem *self, int uid)
+{
+FILE *f;
+long l1,l2;
+char s[80],s1[8],s2[8],*acline,*battry;
+
+  l1=l2=0;
+  acline="   ?  ";
+  battry=acline;
+  switch (mode)
+    {
+    case F_CREATE: /* modify name, just to fake its length */
+      self->clientdata=malloc(strlen(self->name)+30);
+      self->name=realloc(self->name,strlen(self->name)+30);
+      strcpy(self->clientdata,self->name);
+      strcat(self->clientdata," %s %s:%s %s");
+      sprintf(self->name,self->clientdata,acline,battry," ? "," ? ");
+      break;
+
+    case F_POST:
+      if (!(f=fopen("/proc/apm","r"))) return 1;
+      fscanf(f,"%*s %*s %*s %i %i %*s %s %s",&l1,&l2,s1,s2);
+      switch (l1) {
+        case 0 : acline="Battery";  break;
+        case 1 : acline="~AC~";     break;
+        case 2 : acline="Backup";   break;
+        }
+      switch (l2) {
+        case 0 : battry="high";     break;
+        case 1 : battry="low";      break;
+        case 2 : battry="critical"; break;
+        case 3 : battry="charging"; break;
+        }
+      sprintf(self->name,self->clientdata,acline,battry,s1,s2);
+      fclose(f);
+
+    case F_INVOKE:
+      break;
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/*====================================================================*/
+int fixone(Draw *ptr, int uid)
 {
   int hei,wid;
   DrawItem *item;