From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: wulfhomme13-rook@yahoo.com
Cc: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Displaying a standalone timer window based on clock-in/out
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:49:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C96E9273-FFA1-4527-86EA-C95FBF74E037@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47FA509D.4060701@yahoo.com>
On Apr 7, 2008, at 6:49 PM, Jose Robins wrote:
>
>
> 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!! :-)
:-) Ahh, that was great fun. I guess from now on that power will be
significantly reduced.
:-)
Carsten
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-01 18:14 Displaying a standalone timer window based on clock-in/out Jose Robins
2008-04-07 15:57 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-04-07 16:49 ` Jose Robins
2008-04-08 7:49 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
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