I am looking for a simple timer app to time video game events.

I am running xmonad/xmobar/trayer.

I like the idea of a timer i can run out of the system tray and/or float over in a small box over other windows.

I tried out kteatime and its pretty close to what i want but its pretty hard to see whats going on in the tiny system panel.

Any suggestions welcome! Maybe I should look at making a plugin for my xmobar?

  • @SpaceNoodle
    2•1 year ago

    Just open a terminal and run

    t=0 ; while sleep 1 ; do let t++ ; echo $t ; done
    • tulthOP
      3•1 year ago

      i think something like this could work. i guess some neat features to add would be:

      • popup on complete
      • audio notification on complete
      • @SpaceNoodle
        1•1 year ago

        Did you want a timer, or a stopwatch? A countdown with “wall” at the end is also rather trivial.

      • @spacemanspiffyEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        notify-send $someText will get you a popup at least, for many DEs.