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timer app (self.archlinux)

submitted 1 year ago by tulth to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for a simple timer app to time video game events.

I am running xmonad/xmobar/trayer.

I like the idea of a timer i can run out of the system tray and/or float over in a small box over other windows.

I tried out kteatime and its pretty close to what i want but its pretty hard to see whats going on in the tiny system panel.

Any suggestions welcome! Maybe I should look at making a plugin for my xmobar?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe you're looking for something like LiveSplit?

[–] tulth 2 points 1 year ago

I'll have to try this out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just open a terminal and run

t=0 ; while sleep 1 ; do let t++ ; echo $t ; done

[–] tulth 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i think something like this could work. i guess some neat features to add would be:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Did you want a timer, or a stopwatch? A countdown with "wall" at the end is also rather trivial.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

notify-send $someText will get you a popup at least, for many DEs.