feature suggestion: after X postpones, lock me out.

I use Workrave for years on all my PC's - since 2004,

If I may make some suggestions:

I would love it if i could set things so that
after say 3  postpones the system locked me out.

I would also love it if postpone and skip were separately selectable
options...

Comments on the blog would be  good

ok that's all from me, and my wishlist.
they are just suggestions, take 'em or leave 'em.
:-)


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>      input (Frans Grotepass)
>   2. Re: Windows 7 and Workrave (Rob Caelers)
>   3. Re: Entry Point Not Found (Rob Caelers)
>   4. Re: Workrave help (Rob Caelers)
>   5. Re: Reading mode not working in XP (Rob Caelers)
>   6. Re: [Bulk] Re: Postponing workrave with keyboard input
>      (Rob Caelers)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:38:45 +0100
> From: Frans Grotepass <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Postponing workrave
>        with    keyboard input
> To: "End-user mailing list" <[email protected]>
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> On Wednesday 09 February 2011 08:04:58 Kees-Jan Dijkzeul wrote:
> > Hi Ray,
> >
> > Good to hear from you again. Your recollection is excellent :-). Normal
> > Gnome behavior is to define a default button (say postpone), that would
> > get pressed if you hit enter. This was indeed disabled to avoid
> > postponing accidentally. As for re-enabling after a few seconds: I don't
> > recall why your patch didn't make it, but personally I would not be very
> > enthusiastic about this being time-dependent. My personal favorite would
> > be to hit alt-p (or something) to postpone. This could be enabled
> > always, because the chance of a user hitting alt-p would be small :-)
> >
> > Anyway. As I understand from Rob, the main problem is to define
> > shortcuts (portably across all platforms supported by workrave) to
> > switch between "suspended" "normal" and "quiet". And maybe you'd also
> > like to turn reading mode on and off. So basically any shortcut that
> > you'd want to work if workrave doesn't have focus is problematic.
>
> Well, if the key bindings only operate once the pop-up appears, that is OK.
> At
> this point Workrave claims focus in any case, doesn't it? Once the
> application
> has focus, catching a key binding is arbitrary and could even be user
> configurable. If it is then CTRL-p or ALT-p or SHIFT-ENTER does not make
> much
> difference.
>
> Regards,
>
> Frans (Aside from the point, but Claws-mail has beautifully user
> configurable
> key bindings...)
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:17:30 +0100
> From: Rob Caelers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Windows 7 and Workrave
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> > (so breaks never occurred). Now with 1.9.3, I open Workrave and I
> > can't access any kind of control panel or preference menu. Is anyone
> > else using WR on Windows 7? Or even Vista for that matter, since
> > they're basically the same thing.
>
> Why can't you access the preference menu? Does workrave crash when opening
> the
> preferences (as described in:
> http://issues.workrave.org/show_bug.cgi?id=981);
> or can you access the preferences because both the system tray icon and the
> main window is disabled (this can happen in 1.9.3...)?
>
> Could you please check if the following snapshot
>
>
> http://snapshots.workrave.org/20110208/workrave-win32-v1_9_3-38-g1a92568ba6-20110208-installer.exe
>
> fixes the problem. Thanks
>
> Groetjes,
>   Rob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:22:30 +0100
> From: Rob Caelers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Entry Point Not Found
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> > Hi. Program appeared to install successfully under Windows 2000, but when
> running it I get this error message:
> >
> > Workrave.exe - Entry Point Not Found
> > The procedure entry point___lc_codepage_func could not be located in the
> dynamic link library msvcrt.dll
>
> This is a known issue (see also
> http://issues.workrave.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956)
>
> Could you please check if the following snapshot
>
>
> http://snapshots.workrave.org/20110208/workrave-win32-v1_9_3-38-g1a92568ba6-20110208-installer.exe
>
> fixes the problem. Thanks
>
> Groetjes,
>   Rob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:00:13 +0100
> From: Rob Caelers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Workrave help
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> > I really like workrave.
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Prompt before breaking is the 30 seconds dialogue that lets you know a
> rest
> > break is due.
> > What is the function/reason for maximum number of prompts?
>
> After the maximum number of prompts are given, you are forced to take a
> break.
> So if this settings is set to 3, you can ignore the first two prompts (by
> continuing to use keyboard/mouse). After the 3rd prompt, Workrave shows a
> break window even if you did not stop using your computer when prompted.
>
> > Can you set the maximum number of postpones? Some similar programs grey
> out
> > the postpone button after a set amount of postpones.
>
> No, this is not supported.
>
> > What does "cycle time" do - in the status window/applet preferences?
>
> If multiple timers are shown on the same location, this defined the number
> of
> seconds each timer is shown. For example, if you show all 3 timers and have
> only 1 location (e.g. placement is set to 'Place all timers in one spot')
> Workrave shows each timer for 'cycle time' seconds.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Groetjes,
>   Rob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:17:40 +0100
> From: Rob Caelers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Reading mode not working in XP
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> On 03-02-11 18:19, Joul Sauron wrote:
>
> > I set the Reading mode on, but timers still reset. The first time it
> works ok
> > until the first micro-break. After it, it begins to behave as in no
> reading
> > mode, resetting the timers whenever I don't move the mouse or I don't
> type.
> > When I notice it's happening, I uncheck and check again the Reading mode.
> Then
> > it works ok until the next microbreak, so I have to check it after every
> > microbreak that timers are not resetting. I read in the list the other
> users
> > are having same problem.
> >
> > My config:
> > * Workrave 1.9.3
> > * Windows XP
> > * Microbreak: 30 seconds every 20 minutes
> > * Restbreak: 5 minutes every two hours
>
> This may be related to: http://issues.workrave.org/show_bug.cgi?id=973
>
> The latest snapshot fixes that bug:
>
>
> http://snapshots.workrave.org/20110209/workrave-win32-v1_9_3-41-g831c769c01-20110209-installer.exe
>
> Could you please check if this also fixes the problem for you. Thanks.
>
> > I'm using Workrave in Ubuntu 10.04 as well and it works flawlessly there.
> > Regards
>
> Are there any differences in the settings you use on Ubuntu and Windows XP?
>
> Groetjes,
>   Rob
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:36:20 +0100
> From: Rob Caelers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] [Bulk] Re: Postponing workrave with
>        keyboard input
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> Nice hearing from you again!
>
> On 08-02-11 23:36, Ray Satiro wrote:
>
> > A  solution is to keep the buttons without keyboard focus from creation ,
> and
> > then after several seconds allow keyboard focus. It is simple to
> implement. If
> > I recall right I submitted a patch that did something like that (this was
> 2?
> > years ago) but it didn't make the cut. Whenever I submitted something
> that
> > didn't make the cut there was a usually very good reason, but I tend to
> agree
> > that Workrave should be operable without a mouse.
>
> Like Kees-Jan, I'm very enthusiastic about your solution. Not sure why I
> did
> not accept this patch 2 years ago. I did a quick search in my mailbox;
> couldn't find the patch (I may have removed some attachments...). But
> writing
> this feature from scratch is probably not that much work anyways :-)
>
> Groetjes,
>   Rob
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:12:14 +1000
> From: "Coveney Petrea" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] ProductivITy Article on WorkRave Link??
> To: <[email protected]>
> Message-ID:
>        <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> Chasing the link for the ProductivITy article on WorkRave posted back in
> Jan? 2011 - if anyone could post it again that would be great!
>
> Regards
> Petrea
>
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>   2. Reading mode not working in XP (Joul Sauron)
>   3. Entry Point Not Found (Daniel Marsh)
>   4. Workrave help (Brian)
>   5. Postponing workrave with keyboard input (Frans Grotepass)
>   6. Re: Postponing workrave with keyboard input (Amit Shah)
>   7. Re: Postponing workrave with keyboard input (Michael Campbell)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:56:41 -0600
> From: Rafael Morales <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Windows 7 and Workrave
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>
>
> I am using it (1.9.3) on Windows 7 Professional 64bits on a VAIO VPCZ1
> and it is working pretty fine.
> Regards,Rafael
>
> > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:20:55 +1300
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Workrave-user] Windows 7 and Workrave
> >
> > Version 1.9.2 had an issue with the counter always resetting itself
> > (so breaks never occurred). Now with 1.9.3, I open Workrave and I
> > can't access any kind of control panel or preference menu. Is anyone
> > else using WR on Windows 7? Or even Vista for that matter, since
> > they're basically the same thing.
> >
> > - Jeff Mitchell
> >
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> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID:
>        <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I set the Reading mode on, but timers still reset. The first time it
> works ok until the first micro-break. After it, it begins to behave as
> in no reading mode, resetting the timers whenever I don't move the mouse
> or I don't type. When I notice it's happening, I uncheck and check again
> the Reading mode. Then it works ok until the next microbreak, so I have
> to check it after every microbreak that timers are not resetting. I read
> in the list the other users are having same problem.
>
> My config:
> * Workrave 1.9.3
> * Windows XP
> * Microbreak: 30 seconds every 20 minutes
> * Restbreak: 5 minutes every two hours
>
> I'm using Workrave in Ubuntu 10.04 as well and it works flawlessly
> there.
> Regards
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> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:51:10 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Daniel Marsh <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Workrave-user] Entry Point Not Found
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>
> Hi. Program appeared to install successfully under Windows 2000, but
> when running it I get this error message:
>
> Workrave.exe - Entry Point Not Found
> The procedure entry point___lc_codepage_func could not be located in the
> dynamic link library msvcrt.dll
>
> Can anyone help me fix this? Thanks in advance.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 00:51:35 +0000
> From: Brian <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Workrave-user] Workrave help
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID:
>        <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi,
>
> I really like workrave.
>
> I'm just a little confused by a few of the preferences settings and I
> was hoping you could help.
>
>
> Prompt before breaking is the 30 seconds dialogue that lets you know a
> rest break is due.
> What is the function/reason for maximum number of prompts?
>
> Can you set the maximum number of postpones? Some similar programs grey
> out the postpone button after a set amount of postpones.
>
>
>
> What does "cycle time" do - in the status window/applet preferences?
>
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
> Brian
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:12:04 +0100
> From: Frans Grotepass <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Workrave-user] Postponing workrave with keyboard input
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> Hi, thanks for a great product.
>
> Is there a way to postpone workrave via keyboard commands? using the
> mouse requires unnecessary arm movement which induces RSI.
>
> An avid keyboard user
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 00:11:48 +0530
> From: Amit Shah <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Postponing workrave with keyboard input
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On (Tue) 08 Feb 2011 [19:12:04], Frans Grotepass wrote:
> > Hi, thanks for a great product.
> >
> > Is there a way to postpone workrave via keyboard commands? using the
> > mouse requires unnecessary arm movement which induces RSI.
>
> You can just continue typing and the prompt automatically postpones.
> (However it gets more aggressive the more you postpone, but hey, it's
> for your good :-)
>
>                Amit
> --
> http://log.amitshah.net/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 15:20:50 -0500
> From: Michael Campbell <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Postponing workrave with keyboard input
> To: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Message-ID:
>        <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Amit Shah <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On (Tue) 08 Feb 2011 [19:12:04], Frans Grotepass wrote:
> > > Hi, thanks for a great product.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to postpone workrave via keyboard commands? using the
> > > mouse requires unnecessary arm movement which induces RSI.
> >
> > You can just continue typing and the prompt automatically postpones.
> > (However it gets more aggressive the more you postpone, but hey, it's
> > for your good :-)
> >
> >                Amit
> >
> >
>
> What Amit said, but I think that if you're that close to getting RSI
> that
> the mouse movement to postpone workrave is actually a consideration,
> then
> perhaps you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.  ;-)
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