Tired of $ sleep 4231; beep
? This is a very simple solution to help with short-term time management. The beep sound uses the motherboard audio, so it works even if your speakers are muted, but not if you muted the PC speakers ๐ . Furthermore, it works wherever there's a Linux terminal, and that includes ssh sessions.
- No dependencies other than Python itself ๐ซ
- Install with
pip
or just copy the binary somewhere in$PATH
โจ - Python2 and Python3 compatible ๐
- Around 100 LOC ๐ฅ
- Runs on Linux, OS X, Windows, and maybe more ๐
$ pip install ding-ding
(ding
was taken)
Alternatively, download the ding.py file and run it however you please.
$ ./ding.py in 1s
- You want to start work after browsing the news for a bit, but you don't want to get carried away and do no work. Set a timer for 15 minutes:
$ ding in 15m
- You need to leave at 17:00 and you want to have time to get ready:
$ ding at 16:45
$ alias pomo="ding in 25m"
$ pomo
# Relative time
$ ding in 2m
$ ding in 2h 15m
$ ding in 2m 15s
# Absolute time
$ ding at 12
$ ding at 17:30
$ ding at 17:30:21
# Recurrent notification
$ ding every 15m
# Custom command for beeping
$ ding in 1s --command "paplay --volume 15000 beep.wav"
# Hide timer
$ ding in 1s --no-timer
For more help, try:
$ ding in --help
$ ding at --help
$ ding every --help
This happens when the audible bell was muted for your terminal or for your system. Enabling it differs between environments, so I would suggest trying out some Google searches on how to enable it. For a discussion on this, check this issue. You can also use your own custom command that actually beeps for you using $ ding in 1s -c your-command
Try adding to your start-up script:
function ding() { ding $@ -c custom-command}
(inspired from mikaylathompson's comment here)
$ ding in 1s --no-timer&
Unfortunately, desktop notifications typically come with big GUI dependencies and tend to be less portable. However, you can integrate notifications using a custom command like this $ ding in 1s --command "notify-send 'Sup'"
. This will display the notification 4 times by default, but if you think it would be useful to have an option to specify the number of calls, let me know by opening an issue or a PR.