Re: workrave preferences setup

Dear Kees-Jan,

Wow! Thanks a lot. I am sorry that you had to go through so much.

It works awesome now. Thanks to Rob too :)

Best Regards,
Arrchana

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Kees-Jan Dijkzeul <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Pfew... That took a lot of trial and error, and a consultation from my
> favorite workrave developer (Thanks, Rob).
>
> Short answer: You should not have been able to do that.
>
> Slightly longer: It should be possible to toggle some gconf setting and
> then restart workrave, and then the window should be visible again. That
> is, until you accidentally close it again. Hence, I do not recommend taking
> this approach.
>
> May I instead recommend you install the latest version of workrave from
> the workrave PPA (link below [1]). Be sure to install both workrave and
> workrave-gnome. Next, you should log out and log back in again. If you now
> open the "Tweak tool", you should be able to find "Workrave" in the
> extensions tab. Switch it to on. The top right of your screen should now
> look somewhat like the picture below.
>
>
>
> If you right-click the sheep, or the timer to its right, the workrave menu
> should finally open. One of the options is "open", to get the main window
> back. Having the extension, there is (in my opinion) not much point in
> having the main window too, but still you can :-)
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Groetjes,
>
> Kees-Jan
>
>
> [1] Workrave ppa:
> https://launchpad.net/~rob-caelers/+archive/ubuntu/workrave
>
>
> On 02/11/2016 11:08 AM, Arrchana M wrote:
>
> Hi Kees-Jan,
>
> Thanks a lot for your reply. The first time I started workrave, it opened
> up in a small window, but after then I haven't been able to find that
> window in my display. I can see the app in the applications bar, however,
> when I right click, it shows only "new window" and "add to favourites"
> option.
>
> I tried the app in unity, and it works fine. However, I am unable to right
> click on the icon in gnome, neither is there any progress bar in the panel
> (like in unity).
>
> I prefer to work in gnome, so any help to setup workrave in gnome would be
> really useful.
>
> Best Regards,
> Arrchana
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Kees-Jan Dijkzeul <
> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Arrchana,
>>
>> In queries such as yours, It'd help if you told us what you already
>> tried. This way, we can better narrow down where you get stuck. For me
>> (I'm a unity user, so there might be subtle differences), right clicking
>> on the workrave window works. There is a sheep-icon in my panel. Right
>> clicking that works. In the panel, there are also some timers (they look
>> like progress bars with some numbers in them, representing the time
>> remaining). Right clicking that works for me too.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Kees-Jan
>>
>>
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