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WorkHourGlass - Enhance your efficiency by timing your work and breaks

Copyright 2015 Juliette Monsel <j_4321@hotmail.fr>

WorkHourGlass is a simple timer that allows you to manage easily your working time. It times your work and breaks, making a beep sound at the end of each so that you know you can take a break / return to your work. There is also a change of color between break time and work time.

The times, sound and colors are customizable.

Windows version

  1. Download WorkHourGlass-1.1.1-windows
  2. Unzip the archive
  3. If you want to use the default fonts for the software, you need to install the fonts included in the /fonts folder (just doubleclick on the font file, it should offer you to install it). If you dislike the font I used to display the time, just go to the settings to change it.
  4. Launch WorkHourGlass from the shortcut in the folder, it is a standalone software. The shortcut might not work. If it does not, create a new one from exe.win32-3.4WorkHourGlass.exe (do not move this file out of the folder, otherwise it will not work).

Souce code

Prerequisites

This software is based on Python 3 and Tkinter interface so you will need to have them installed to use it. To play the sound I use VLC in command line.

  1. Windows users

    Install Python 3: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ Install Pillow: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/

    In both case, be careful to choose the python 3 versions (it won't work with python 2)

  2. Linux users

    Install with your package manager the following packages (names might slightly change according to the distribution):

    Ubuntu/Debian: I you wish, you can launch install_debian-ubuntu to install automatically the needed dependencies and the software. Otherwise, you need to install:

    • python3-tk
    • python3-pil
    • python3-pil.imagetk
    • vlc
    Archlinux:
    • tk
    • python-pillow
    • vlc

Getting started

Unpack the archive. If you want to use the default fonts for the software, you need to install the two fonts included in the /fonts folder.

In many Linux distributions, you just need to move the font files to ~/.fonts.

In Windows, just doubleclick on the font file, it should offer you to install it. The font I use to display the time does not look good on Windows, so feel free to find a better one (go to the settings to change it)

Now, you can launch WorkHourGlass.py. In Windows, you might need to select open with pythonw.exe (which is in the file C:Python3x).

In Linux, you can make WorkHourGlass.py executable or launch it with

$ python3 WorkHourGlass.py

If you have any troubles or comments, don't hesitate to send me an email at j_4321@hotmail.fr

Source: README.rst, updated 2016-10-18