From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [NonGNU Elpa] New package: ETT Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 18:55:25 +0300 Message-ID: <831qjxmmtu.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86mt2lbj2e.fsf@disroot.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30501"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Task Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 03 17:54:58 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1puEok-0007jh-14 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 03 May 2023 17:54:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1puEoR-0008Vv-PI; Wed, 03 May 2023 11:54:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1puEoP-0008VG-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 May 2023 11:54:37 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1puEoP-0005ka-AB; Wed, 03 May 2023 11:54:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=2SwZ7G/OOhIbDe2/iiGjMKPMldPeNe2ZSyDKBpjoRds=; b=iBrCix8tWTrK uDZLUMaoYpjtwof7c86cBJtsAXMDhd2H49V1SsLb98/v0VjMbBCrwpGuQUXejlcASjZ+XTmHrWHWO AdWfR7PCvu0VUIosWCfvY8SBBndJa2pMBqlmkq8QT476NmUgrLQhswJP5VnA+7KLTwOIS9wHWxAsU sbqWMmYHJCstMfEw+fQSgHA0HmcXiC4qQDsQYT4B3weGklDU0HdhVqYN/6Fz+9+beXzg8ylnIOKNd 9dwoz45K8WgBv+5neGWnKsKT04nt8sy+NCvl44by4sIXRsEjkG2WE+vCKNuj1RT32Imaa/nhpoJ1Z 2/vyceW3/M0Gay/ojh9P3Q==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1puEoO-00078X-Ce; Wed, 03 May 2023 11:54:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86mt2lbj2e.fsf@disroot.org> (message from John Task on Wed, 03 May 2023 11:07:24 -0300) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:305783 Archived-At: > From: John Task > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 11:07:24 -0300 > > Thanks for the reply. > > > Since Emacs has Org and todo-mode, which both seem to fit the above > > description, it would be good to know what makes this particular > > package stand out. (Sorry, I said "todo-mode", but I really meant the timeclock package instead.) > Basically, ETT is largely modeled after "modern" time trackers, which > not only track time but also gather statistics, display graphs, > support setting goals, and (the most important thing) are easy to use. > ETT is indeed designed to be easy to use; knowing three or four > commands allows anyone to use it. Given the set of features it > offers, this fact alone makes it stand out. timeclock has just 2 main commands: clock in and clock out. Anyway, did you consider extending existing packages with those modern features, instead of making a completely new separate package?