Re: Possible to automatically resume "normal" mode on specific days at specific times?

[email protected] writes:

> Thanks Joe.
>
> Yeah, I want to set up a task in Windows' task scheduler to do something like
> what you're describing.  I just need to figure out the method of talking to the
> workrave instance in Windows 7.
>
> I can't find "operation-mode" or "operation_mode" in the windows registry.
>  I'll keep looking into the registry.

Better to look through the Workrave source code to see if it has
anything connected.  Or check if you can run (or are already running)
D-Bus on Windows.

-- 
Joe

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> From: Joe Wells <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: End-user mailing list <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, {June 5, 2012}[2012-06-05] 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] Possible to automatically resume "normal" mode on
> specific days at specific times?
>
> [email protected] writes:
>
>> I want to have workrave automatically switch to "normal" mode on
>> weekdays at 9 AM.  Is there a way to schedule this or a way to
>> communicate directly with the Workrave instance via port or through
>> a CLI?
>
> On Linux you can communicate most of these things via Gconf.  For
> example, to change the time between micro-breaks to 5 minutes, you can
> do this:
>
>   gconftool-2 --set --type=int /apps/workrave/timers/micro_pause/limit 300
>
> In principle, changing to normal mode should be this:
>
>   gconftool-2 --set --type=int /apps/workrave/gui/operation-mode 0
>
> In fact, changes to this particular Gconf setting (i.e.,
> /apps/workrave/gui/operation-mode) are not noticed by Workrave 1.8.5,
> which I am still running (although Workrave does update the setting
> when you change the mode via the mouse menu interface, so you can use
> gconftool-2 to view the setting).  I think this bug has been fixed.
>
> There is also a DBUS interface which works on Linux (maybe also
> Windows?).  I've never used the DBUS interface to Workrave except for
> testing, but in principle this is supposed to work to change to normal
> mode:
>
>   dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=org.workrave.Workrave /org/
> workrave/Workrave org.workrave.WorkraveInterface.SetOperationMode
> string:'normal'
>
> I have no idea if there is any equivalent via the Windows registry.
>
> And of course you can use standard techniques to run scripts at
> specific times to invoke these commands.  So what you want should be
> doable.  Personally, I have a cron job that runs every 2 minutes and
> checks various Workrave issues.  For example, sometimes for work
> (e.g., while demonstrating something) I need to temporarily put
> Workrave in suspended mode, but then I can easily forget to return it
> to normal mode later, so my script checks if I have left Workrave in
> suspended mode for too long.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> --
> With my best regards,
>
> Joe Wells

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