Application to remind the user to take a break

[Dotan Cohen]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 01:44, Wes Hardin <wes.hardin at maxim-ic.com> wrote:
> How about a combination of ktimer and kdialog?
>
> Ktimer is super simple but fulfills the countdown need well.  I don't know
> if "scheduled" breaks would work for your purposes, but you might be able to
> accomplish what you want with cron too.
>
> Kdialog has a lot of uses and options.  Here's some examples:
>
> kdialog --sorry "Sorry to interrupt, but it's time for a break."
>
> kdialog --passivepopup "Sorry to interrupt, but it's time for a break."
>
> Depends on how disruptive you want it to be.
>

That is rather creative! I think that I will stick with workrave,
though, it does seem to be quite specialized for the purpose. Thanks!

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