Re: Feature request for Workrave
Mathijs Groen <[email protected]> Fri, 8 Nov 2019 12:17:12 +0100
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--===============1915501780945427878== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000008fa21a0596d3eeac" --0000000000008fa21a0596d3eeac Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OK, thanks anyway for the feedback. Regards, Mathijs Op do 7 nov. 2019 om 20:35 schreef Rob Caelers <[email protected]>: > Hi Mathijs, > > I am not in favour of adding these very specific features. > > However, I=E2=80=99m open to making Workrave more extendable in general. > For example, > - by allowing users to define their own custom breaks/reminders (at a > specific time, or after an amount of =E2=80=9Cactive=E2=80=9D time). > - by allowing users to define custom actions that are executed when a > break starts/ends. > The latter is already possible to a certain extend on Linux (by using > D-Bus) > > However, I never implemented this flexibility, and it is currently also > not very high on my todo list. > (But feel free to contribute :-) > > Kind regards, > Rob > > On 4 Nov 2019, at 13:40, Mathijs Groen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could Workrave be extended with the feature that automatically switches > (after setting interval) of mouse use with left and right hand? > > After the interval, a popup is displayed showing that it is time to > switch, after which Workrave automatically switches the left and right > mouse buttons. > > Next interval vice versa. Current mouse settings is displayed in the > taskbar icon with an R or L (or something similar). > > Optional: include a parameter setting to set left/right usage ratio. For > example: right hand switching after x minutes/clicks/meters, left hand > switching after y minutes/clicks/meters > > x =3D 5 > y =3D 7 > > (above is an example). > > Underlying meaning: > I would like to alternate regularly left and right and Workrave helps me > not to forget that. > > Thanks. > > Gr, > Mathijs > > -- > Mathijs Groen > E-mail: [email protected] > Skype: mathijsgroen > ------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Workrave-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Workrave-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user > --=20 Mathijs Groen E-mail: [email protected] Skype: mathijsgroen ------------------------------------------------- --0000000000008fa21a0596d3eeac Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">OK, thanks anyway for the feedback.<div><br></div><div>Reg= ards,</div><div>Mathijs</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_q= uote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Op do 7 nov. 2019 om 20:35 schr= eef Rob Caelers <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a= >>:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0= px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div styl= e=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hi Mathijs,<br><div><br></div><div>I am no= t in favour of adding these very specific features.</div><div><br></div><di= v>However, I=E2=80=99m open to making Workrave more extendable in general.<= /div><div>For example,=C2=A0</div><div>- by allowing users to define their = own custom breaks/reminders (at a specific time, or after an amount of =E2= =80=9Cactive=E2=80=9D time).</div><div>- by allowing users to define custom= actions that are executed when a break starts/ends.</div><div>The latter i= s already possible to a certain extend on Linux (by using D-Bus)</div><div>= <br></div><div>However, I never implemented this flexibility, and it is cur= rently also not very high on my todo list.</div><div>(But feel free to cont= ribute =C2=A0:-)</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>=C2=A0 Ro= b</div><div><br></div><div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 4 Nov 201= 9, at 13:40, Mathijs Groen <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t= arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div = dir=3D"ltr">Could Workrave be extended with the feature that automatically = switches (after setting interval) of mouse use with left and right hand?<br= ><br>After the interval, a popup is displayed showing that it is time to sw= itch, after which Workrave automatically switches the left and right mouse = buttons.<br><br>Next interval vice versa. Current mouse settings is display= ed in the taskbar icon with an R or L (or something similar).<div><br></div= ><div>Optional: include a parameter setting to set left/right usage ratio. = For example: right hand switching after x minutes/clicks/meters, left hand = switching after y minutes/clicks/meters</div><div><br></div><div>x =3D 5</d= iv><div>y =3D 7</div><div><br></div><div>(above is an example).<br><div><br= >Underlying meaning:<br>I would like to alternate regularly left and right = and Workrave helps me not to forget that.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Gr,<br>Math= ijs<br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Mathijs Gr= oen</div><div>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"= _blank">[email protected]</a></div><div>Skype: mathijsgroen</div><div= >-------------------------------------------------</div></div></div></div><= /div> _______________________________________________<br>Workrave-user mailing li= st<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a><br><a href=3D"https://lists.sou= rceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.= sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user</a><br></div></blockquote></di= v><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br> Workrave-user mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">Wo= [email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listi= nfo/workrave-user</a><br> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"= class=3D"gmail_signature"><div>Mathijs Groen</div><div>E-mail: <a href=3D"= mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</= a></div><div>Skype: mathijsgroen</div><div>--------------------------------= -----------------</div></div> --0000000000008fa21a0596d3eeac-- --===============1915501780945427878== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============1915501780945427878== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user --===============1915501780945427878==--