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	feature-request: Time profiles by Paul Kohler :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message I'd like to be able to limit the amount of time I spend working or browsing during certain time intervals. A hypothetical example: during a normal work morning, I could put in up to 5 hours; after making\|having lunch I could put in another 4 hours before dinner; after dinner, I would prefer to spend time with the family, so I'd have an upper limit of 1 hour for browsing before bed. I'm new to this mailing list, so please do let me know if this is already suggested. Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list Workrave-user@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user
	Re: feature-request: Time profiles by Joe Wells-5 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Paul Kohler <hexbolt42@...> writes: > I'd like to be able to limit the amount of time I spend working or > browsing during certain time intervals. A hypothetical example: during a > normal work morning, I could put in up to 5 hours; after making\|having > lunch I could put in another 4 hours before dinner; after dinner, I > would prefer to spend time with the family, so I'd have an upper limit > of 1 hour for browsing before bed. Yes, it would be nice if Workrave directly supported what you are asking for. I don't know if this helps, but here is what I did. I ended up doing this separately, by writing a program that analyzed ~/.workrave/idlelog..log. Anyway, I needed to make it reward-based rather than relying on Workrave to block me. See earlier messages on this mailing list. You might also try programmatically adjusting Workrave's settings via cron jobs that run at specific times. For an example of how to do this, see this bug report: http://issues.workrave.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=770 I hope this message is helpful. -- With my best regards, Joe > I'm new to this mailing list, so please do let me know if this is > already suggested. > > Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list Workrave-user@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user
	Re: feature-request: Time profiles by bartlett morgan :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message I hope I'm not going to 'left-field' here but on purely face value, those ideals you mentioned - working in blocks, spending time with family etc - sound like things that you could achieve by being more disciplined in your approach than relying on something like software to do.I think software like Workrave should serve to enhance ones discipline level, not create it for you. I don't think any software can do that for you really. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Joe Wells <jbwells@...> wrote: Paul Kohler <hexbolt42@...> writes: > I'd like to be able to limit the amount of time I spend working or > browsing during certain time intervals. A hypothetical example: during a > normal work morning, I could put in up to 5 hours; after making\|having > lunch I could put in another 4 hours before dinner; after dinner, I > would prefer to spend time with the family, so I'd have an upper limit > of 1 hour for browsing before bed. Yes, it would be nice if Workrave directly supported what you are asking for. I don't know if this helps, but here is what I did. I ended up doing this separately, by writing a program that analyzed ~/.workrave/idlelog..log. Anyway, I needed to make it reward-based rather than relying on Workrave to block me. See earlier messages on this mailing list. You might also try programmatically adjusting Workrave's settings via cron jobs that run at specific times. For an example of how to do this, see this bug report: http://issues.workrave.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=770 I hope this message is helpful. -- With my best regards, Joe > I'm new to this mailing list, so please do let me know if this is > already suggested. > > Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list Workrave-user@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user -- Bartlett Morgan --------------------------- "Fear is a bad adviser." - Vieira de Mello ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list Workrave-user@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user
	Re: feature-request: Time profiles by Joe Wells-5 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message bartlett morgan <bartlett.morgan@...> writes: > I hope I'm not going to 'left-field' here but on purely face value, those > ideals you mentioned - working in blocks, spending time with family etc - sound > like things that you could achieve by being more disciplined in your approach > than relying on something like software to do.I think software like Workrave > should serve to enhance ones discipline level, not create it for you. I don't > think any software can do that for you really. Nonetheless, relatively small changes in Workrave could make a big difference in how much help it can provide in enhancing discipline. I think it can help to understand the situation if you think of your computer as an extension of your brain. If there are some things you are having difficulty getting the biological part of your brain to handle, you can compensate with the silicon part of your brain. -- Joe > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Joe Wells <jbwells@...> wrote: > > Paul Kohler <hexbolt42@...> writes: > > > I'd like to be able to limit the amount of time I spend working or > > browsing during certain time intervals. A hypothetical example: during a > > normal work morning, I could put in up to 5 hours; after making\|having > > lunch I could put in another 4 hours before dinner; after dinner, I > > would prefer to spend time with the family, so I'd have an upper limit > > of 1 hour for browsing before bed. > > Yes, it would be nice if Workrave directly supported what you are > asking for. > > I don't know if this helps, but here is what I did. > > I ended up doing this separately, by writing a program that analyzed > ~/.workrave/idlelog..log. Anyway, I needed to make it reward-based > rather than relying on Workrave to block me. See earlier messages on > this mailing list. > > You might also try programmatically adjusting Workrave's settings via > cron jobs that run at specific times. For an example of how to do > this, see this bug report: > > http://issues.workrave.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=770 > > I hope this message is helpful. > > -- > With my best regards, > > Joe > > > I'm new to this mailing list, so please do let me know if this is > > already suggested. > > > > Paul > > -- > Bartlett Morgan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list Workrave-user@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user