Nope, hadn't. The gnome-cal program had some stuff that looked kind of like
time tracking functionality though not what I wanted, so I hadn't looked
further under the GNOME heading. Will give this a try. Thanks.
-m
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 08:35:26AM -0600, Chuck Mead wrote:
> Have you tried the Gnome Time Tracking Tool (binary is called `gtt')?
>
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Michael R. Jinks spewed into the bitstream:
>
> MRJ>Time tracking.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>I have never been able to do it. I really, really need to start, like,
> MRJ>last week.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>I'm hoping that technology can solve my problems, but so far google has given
> MRJ>me no cause for hope.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>What I'd like is a time tracking tool that will take as little of my own time
> MRJ>and effort as possible to use. Something with a user interface about as
> MRJ>complicated as a chess clock is what I'm after.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>I switch between tasks constantly; most of them involve the %$#@& Linux box
> MRJ>one way or another; so it _should_ be simple for me to just keep a log open
> MRJ>and take good notes. One would think.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>But somehow it just never happens. So I'm hoping that if I can find/make
> MRJ>something that's _really_ easy to use, and which I can just leave stuck to
> MRJ>my desktop, to stare at as neurotically as I stare at my CPU monitors, and
> MRJ>to thump whenever I switch desktops... maybe I'd actually use the thing.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>If I were to write this thing myself, I'd probably make something like a
> MRJ>GNOME- or Windowmaker-style docked app; something tiny that could optionally
> MRJ>pop up a larger interface for when you actually want to pay attention to it
> MRJ>(config time, defining new tasks, viewing logs and stats, etc.) but for which
> MRJ>the normal mode of operation would be to mouse over, enter a keyboard code
> MRJ>or quick mouse sequence selecting the task to switch to, mouse away, and
> MRJ>we're off to the next thing.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>That would be ideal, I think. Close to that is great.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>Keen extra feature would be the ability to write notes or store arbitrary data
> MRJ>and have that keyed to a moment in time. Shouldn't be too tough to tack that
> MRJ>sort of functionality on to a system that already sits and watches the clock
> MRJ>for you.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>Anyhow. Open to any kind of suggestions, and if this is an unmet need maybe
> MRJ>it's time I quit grousing and wrote some code.
> MRJ>
> MRJ>
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