The reason I wrote the program was to have a convenient way of reminding me of simple things...Like when the laundry is going to be finished, water is boiling, etc. I'm a very forgetful person :) at alone isn't sufficient, as Matt mentioned. You can find the script up at: http://atlee.ca/alarm_applet It requires python-gtk and optionally python-gnome (I wrote it first as a panel applet, so the vanilla gtk interface still needs some work) It doesn't use at as a backend, although it could (should?). I didn't see why since I'd have to update the count down every second anyway. Cheers, Chris On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 20:48, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 01:56:43AM +0100, Manfred Wassmann wrote: > > > Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 06:22:49AM +0100, Manfred Wassmann wrote: > > > > > > > Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes: > > > > > Rather than a second workalike program which relies on GNOME, I'd be > > > > > interested in something with this functionality that did not use GNOME > > > > > at all (or optionally). > > > > > > > > man at ? > > > > > > at has no status display, > > > > atq? > > I know how to use at. The issue is that at does not do what I want, at > least not with a convenient interface. You cannot see from a glance > at atq's output how much time remains until each event is to occur. > > at would make a fine backend for a full-featured reminder tool, but it is > not one. > > > > and doesn't understand any unit smaller than 1 minute. > > > > what about sleep 42 && do nice work ? > > No status display. And don't say "ps". > > And yes, I could write a script to do some of this. But a real UI would be > superior. > > -- > - mdz > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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