Re: Timer for X-windows?

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thanks Simon. I got the script working.
It will give me another reason to learn /bin/ksh.

So far, the only thing I learned is PERL. (just because
the syntax and power beat Apple Basic  (made in 1984) )

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:55 PM Simon Burge <simonb%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Todd Gruhn wrote:
>
> > I have a project I need to time. While I am on the computer, is there
> > an X-widget
> > that allows me to set and time a process, and has an alarm to get my attention?
> > Similar to a stopwatch?
>
> I have this little script that would pop up a reminder to do something
> every 10 minutes.
>
>         #!/bin/sh
>
>         FONT="-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-640-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1"
>
>         show()
>         {
>                 echo $* | osd_cat -A center -p middle -c red -s 1 -d 1 -f "$FONT"
>         }
>
>
>         while true; do
>                 sleep $((10 * 60))
>                 show $*
>                 sleep 1
>                 show $*
>                 sleep 1
>                 show $*
>         done
>
> osd_cat is in pkgsrc/x11/xosd
>
> I haven't used this in over a decade.  It doesn't have a count down
> clock, but you might be able to do something with the alarm bit.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon.