Gtimer usfull project and task timer06.01.25

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GTimer

Table of Contents

Features
    GTimer FAQ
        What versions of GTK+ will GTimer compile with?
        Can I get a pre-compiled binary?
        Can I get rid of the splash screen?
        Can I adjust the idle time?
        How do I get GTimer to work in French/Spanish/Your-Language-Here?
        GTimer periodically hangs. What can I do?
    Screenshots
    History
    Downloads
        Source Bundle
        Subversion
    Alternatives

Features

Tracks time for one or more tasks simultaneously
    Group tasks by projects (optional)
    Allows text annotations to tasks
    Checks to see if you are idle. If there is no mouse or keyboard activity in 15 minutes, it will ask if you want to continue timing or revert to when you went idle.
    Generates reports showing how your time was spent each day/week/month in either plain text or HTML.
    Built using GTK+ (GTK+ 2.X required)
    Compatible with Gnome (but not required)

GTimer FAQ

What versions of GTK+ will GTimer compile with?
    Can I get a pre-compiled binary?
    Can I get rid of the splash screen?
    Can I adjust the idle time?
    How do I get GTimer to work in French/Spanish/Your-Language-Here?
    GTimer periodically hangs. What can I do?

What versions of GTK+ will GTimer compile with?

GTimer should compile with the latest versions of GTK+ 2.X. It may also compile with older versions, but it’s always recommended you get the latest version.
Can I get a pre-compiled binary?

I don’t provide binaries but you can check with other sites for binaries.
Can I get rid of the splash screen?

Use the -nosplash option to not display the splash screen.
Can I adjust the idle time?

There is no UI for this yet, but you can carefully edit the ~/.gtimer/.gtimerrc file and edit the line that follows idle. (It’s the idle threshold in seconds.)
How do I get GTimer to work in French/Spanish/Your-Language-Here?

GTimer has internationaliztion (I18N) support. You must have the GNU gettext distribution installed. You will need to translate the provided messages.po to whatever language you want. Here’s an example for French:

Either start with messages.po (or create your own with “xgettext *.c”)
    Copy messages.po to the new locale (Example: “cp messages.po fr.po”)
    Now edit the new .po file and replace the msgstr lines with the proper translated text.
    Now use msgfmt to build the .mo file from your .po file. (Example: “msgfmt fr.po -ogtimer.mo”)
    Make sure your LANG environment variable is set to the proper locale.
    Copy the gtimer.mo file to the proper location. I’m not if this is the same place all on system. On my system, the French gtimer.po needs to be:
      /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtimer.mo
    If you’re not sure where it’s looking, on Linux try using strace to see where it’s looking:
      strace gtimer |& grep LC_MESSAGES
    Email me the translation file! I’ll add it to the distribution for others to use.

GTimer periodically hangs. What can I do?

Use the -noversioncheck option to keep GTimer for checking to see if a new version is available. It sometimes locks up in the HTTP request.
Screenshots
GTimer Main Window
GTimer Report Window

History

27 Mar 2010 – Release 2.0.0
        Fix crash on viewing change log window
        Update to GTK 2.0
        Inclusion or a large series of Debian patches
    09 Mar 2003 – Release 1.1.6
        Added -resume command line option. This will start time all tasks that were being timed when the application exited last.
        Projects are now associated with a project. The project is now the first column in the main window.
        Added option to round minutes to nearest minute, 5 minutes, etc in reports window
        Added small css stylesheet to report html output.
        Added “Last Two Weeks”, “This Week & Last Week” reports
        Reread gtkrc if -dir option is supplied
        Modified http function to use “Host:” required by web sites that used virtual hosts, like www.cknudsen.com. Also improved error handling a little bit.
    09 Mar 1999 – Release 1.1.5
        Improved idle handling. The task list is no longer re-sorted when selecting “Revert.” Added a new “Resume” option that will toss out the idle time but keep timing whatever tasks are being timed.
        Added tool to check for new version. The app will automatically check for a new version every 30 days.
        Added ability to view ChangeLog from Help menu
    04 May 1999 – Release 1.1.4
        Oops. Fixed typo is task menu pulldown that said “seconds” instead of “minutes.”
    03 May 1999 – Release 1.1.3
        Fixed bug where \n chars could be included at the end of a task name
        Fixed bug where adding new tasks messes up the hide/unhide stuff
        Fixed bug where -nosplash would cause the main window to not remember the correct window size.
        Added support for the X screen saver extension so idle detection will now sense keyboard events instead of just mouse events
        Added support for I18N but need translators!
        Made some windows transient (for GTK+ 1.1/1.2 only) instead of all toplevels
        Made animated clock optional
        Made toolbar optional
        Allowed main menus to be tearoffs (for GTK+ 1.1/1.2 only)
        Added -start option allowing you to specify one or more tasks to start timing when the app starts
        Added support for -version and -help options
        Added missing install-sh file to distribution
        Added FAQ.html to distribution
        Added portions of a Win32 port patch
    17 Mar 1999 – Release 1.1.2
        Added autoconf (configure) support.
        Added back support for GTK+ 1.0 (and still works with GTK+ 1.1/1.2)
    24 Feb 1999 – Release 1.1.1
        Added task unhide function to along with the hide function (added in a previous release).
        Added support for accelerator keys.
        Fixed support for double-clicking to switch to timing only the newly selected task (GTK+ 1.1 problem).
        Fixed support for the task pulldown menu available by right-clicking on a task in the main window (GTK+ 1.1 problem).

Downloads
Source Bundle

gtimer-2.0.0.tar.gz (195k)

Subversion

Subversion information can be found here on SourceForge.net.
Alternatives

GTK+ is normally Linux only. If you are looking for something similar for either Windows or Mac, someone has created a Java-based (cross platform) tool “JTimer” that is very similar:

https://www.k5n.us/gtimer/

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