Re: Changing inactive behavior

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Rob Caelers <[email protected]> wrote:

>> it. I do have one problem- I want to pause the timers on inactivity, but
>> they often reset while I'm reading a web page or something which doesn't
>> involve typing or moving the mouse. I still have my hands at the
>> keyboard so I still need to take a break and I'm missing them. I've seen
>> some discussion of this issue [1] and would like to voice a me too.
>
> The next version of Workrave will have a reading mode. In reading mode, the
> timers will not stop when you become idle. Timers only stop counting during
> breaks. The microbreak automatically restarts after the break; The restbreak
> timer restart on user activity (keyboard/mouse).

Very cool. I think changing the inactivity timer is a better fit for
my usage, but maybe I'll try it in the nightly.

>> Some possible solutions:
>> * Change the time workrave considers to be inactivity. On my install
>> (1.9.1) it seems to wait about 7 seconds and then starts resetting the
>> timers. I'd like to try that value at around 1 minute.
>
> The delay can be configured, but not using the preferences GUI. You
> have to use regedit (on windows) or gconf-editor (on gnome)
>
> regedit:
> CURRENT_USER/Software/Workrave/monitor/idle
>
> gconf-editor:
> apps/workrave/monitor/idle
>
> time is in milliseconds. Changing this settings is not recommended and not
> supported. Values > 30 seconds may cause side-effects...

I don't see this entry (see attachment). Should I create it?

Thanks for the info!

Dan

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