Package: lockout
Version: 0.2.3-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi Thomer,
I like the natural feel of the lockout status countdown timer, but I
recently added the countdown timer as a variable-width taskbar applet in
my window manager and I find the applet's frequent shifting distracting.
For example, between 10 minutes 10 seconds and 9 minutes 0 seconds, the
timer has all the following widths:
10m 10s to go
10m to go
10m 9s to go
9m 9s to go
9m to go
Making my applet fixed-width failed to adequately solve my problem: I
still get distracted when a width change occurs. The following patch
retains most of the countdown timer's natural feel but greatly reduces
width changes.
--- tmp/lockout.orig 2008-11-30 09:55:18.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/bin/lockout 2008-11-30 09:58:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@
my $s = ($time - time)%60;
print "Locked until: " . localtime($time) . ". ";
$h and print $h . "h ";
- ($m || ($h && $s)) and print $m . "m ";
- $s and print $s . "s ";
+ ($m || $h) and printf "%02dm %02ds ", $m, $s;
+ (!$h && !$m && $s) and print $s, "s ";
print "to go.\n";
} elsif(time - $time <= 10) {
print "System is being unlocked now.\n";
I'm not sure reducing width changes helps anyone besides me, but I thank
you for considering this patch anyway.
-Dave
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