add discharge rate

[timrichardson]

PR for #1 Adds discharge rate (or charge rate)

[pomoke]

Thanks for you PR!

However, adding discharge rate takes more space, and I prefer this as an option.

And on devices with charge threshold, like ThinkPad with TLP configured, when the battery is neither charging nor discharging, and the computer is on AC power, UPower may still report a stale value of energy consumption.

[timrichardson]

I have a ThinkPad and access to another one and I use thresholds, so I will test that. Don't think I've noticed the problem on mine. I guess making it an option is the solution. I also will add an indicator "L" when it is in laptop mode (throttled due to motion detection), I'll put that behind an option too. This is not a upower stat, it requires reading a file. It stays in throttled mode for about three minutes and entering this mode can be triggered quite easily, I find it very useful to know when it's throttled due to this.

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