Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
> On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Jose Robins wrote:
>
>> Before I was aware of org-mode, I developed this small superkaramba 
>> timer application which would display which task I was working on, 
>> when I started it, how much time was left, and also the current time. 
>> I've attached a snapshot of that app to this email.
>>
>> Now I'm using org-mode extensively which has reignited my love for 
>> emacs. I know org-mode displays the current task and the elapsed time 
>> on the emacs modeline which is good. I was wondering if it would be 
>> possible to generate a separate automatic emacs frame (which is 
>> compact and for all intents and purposes looks like a simple xwindow) 
>> with the task name, the elapsed time etc. from org-mode as soon as 
>> you clock in .. This would allow for this timer window to be on all 
>> desktops for e.g without being intrusive.
>>
>> Right now, I basically manually enter this info into my custom timer 
>> when I clock in and out of a task in org-mode.
>>
>> Not sure whether others using org-mode feel a similar need or whether 
>> they use any other methods...
>
> Hmmm, I don't really see the need/use for this, so I am not going to
> implement it.  Maybe I can provide you with a hook and you write a 
> package
> to use this hook?
>
> - Carsten
>
>

That would be good! I'll see if I can do something around that. Now that 
you've said that "you don't really see the need" for this, I suppose, 
everyone else would agree with you!! :-) After all, you managed to make 
an april fool's joke and everyone jumped on your bandwagon not realizing 
it was a joke! Such is your moral power, my friend!! :-)

Jose