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