[feature-request]-config file

[riivanov]

I would like to have the ability to configure the length of each pomodoro, each short break, and each long break. I suppose the simplest possibility is a config file in /etc or ~/.i3-gnome-pomodoro/config.

[kantord]

I think this is already a feature in gnome-pomodoro itself, so you should be able to configure it there. I think it can be configured through their GUI, and hopefully a dotfile/config file based approach is also supported

I guess a config file might be useful for specific features in i3-gnome-pomodoro, like configuring the output format or something similar, but not for overriding features of gnome-pomodoro itself.

[riivanov]

I suppose I should read through their source code or hunt in the repo? There is no manual page describing this as I would expect. Of course this is also something that could be contributed.

[riivanov]

I did find these two links after digging somewhat:

• config-wiki
• g-schema-file

[kantord]

as far as GUI based settings go, this is what I found

[riivanov]

Can I ask how?

[riivanov]

Oh, I see. I really didn't do much research before asking the question. My apologies.

So, I also wasn't aware that i3-gnome-pomodoro just wrapped gnome-pomodoro. To be honest I didn't know gnome-pomodoro was installed... All I remember doing is yay -S i3-gnome-pomodoro.

So the above screen is available if you run:

gnome-pomodoro --preferences

And these settings do in fact change the behavior of i3-gnome-pomodoro.

I could see this thread added as part of the README.

And one more thing to note, at least on my machine (famous last words), the installation was a bit bumpy. I don't remember specifics, but it was not as smooth as I'd like. Yet something else that could be contributed.

Overall this is a great port to i3. I love it. I just wish it had a man page. man i3-gnome-pomodoro would be awesome. Just because that's how you get used to looking for help in Linux.

Thanks for the feedback.

[kantord]

Oh, I see. I really didn't do much research before asking the question. My apologies.

So, I also wasn't aware that i3-gnome-pomodoro just wrapped gnome-pomodoro. To be honest I didn't know gnome-pomodoro was installed... All I remember doing is yay -S i3-gnome-pomodoro.

So the above screen is available if you run:

gnome-pomodoro --preferences

And these settings do in fact change the behavior of i3-gnome-pomodoro.

I could see this thread added as part of the README.

And one more thing to note, at least on my machine (famous last words), the installation was a bit bumpy. I don't remember specifics, but it was not as smooth as I'd like. Yet something else that could be contributed.

Overall this is a great port to i3. I love it. I just wish it had a man page. man i3-gnome-pomodoro would be awesome. Just because that's how you get used to looking for help in Linux.

Thanks for the feedback.

Ok, so maybe a potential feature could be to simply add a --preferences flag to i3-gnome-pomodoro which would just call gnome-pomodoro --preferences. This is not really a required feature but it could just save a couple minutes of research without bloating this project too much.

Regarding man page, I have never created one. If you are familiar how to create one for Python packages, you could help me out :pray: this project uses Poetry btw.

Also I don't maintain the Arch package itself. Though I am an Arch user, nowadays I do use pipx to install most standalone Python applications

[riivanov]

Ok,

I'm not familiar with man pages, but I doubt it's that hard. Sure I can look into it. Making no promises time wise as I'm about to start a new job.

The --preferences flag seems to me the most logical way to handle that.

Now I recall, yes it was the AUR package that did not install correctly. pipx install worked just fine. So maybe another opportunity to contribute there.

I don't know much python, but I really do use this project every day, so my idea was either to clone it, or see if anybody would respond to the issues and contribute something.

Cheers