Re: Displaying a standalone timer window based on clock-in/out

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Apr 7, 2008, at 6:49 PM, Jose Robins wrote:

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> Carsten Dominik wrote:
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>> On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Jose Robins wrote:
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>>> 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...
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>> 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
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>
> 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