From 3a9f4294cf759529ed33793bc2f91201781a54f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evie Litherland-Smith <evie@xenia.me.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:15:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Improve (hopefully) check for battery before displaying in
 modeline

---
 config/ui.org | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/ui.org b/config/ui.org
index ec2860c..07dd0ea 100644
--- a/config/ui.org
+++ b/config/ui.org
@@ -231,9 +231,12 @@ Removed in favour of [[https://github.com/catppuccin/emacs][Catppuccin (emacs)]]
 #+end_src
 ** Battery state for laptops
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-  (with-eval-after-load 'battery
-    (when (battery-upower)
-      (display-battery-mode +1)))
+  (require 'battery)
+  (when (and battery-status-function
+             (not ( string-match-p "unknown"
+                    ( battery-format "%B"
+                      (funcall battery-status-function)))))
+    (display-battery-mode +1))
 #+end_src
 * Dashboard
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp