Pomodoro Bash

A pomodoro timer for people with UNIX command-line powers.

It includes:

• an ASCII dinosaur!
• an ASCII puppy!
• optional support for:
  • pop-up notifications
  • audio notifications (like the roar of a T-Rex and the bark of a puppy)
  • status icon in the notification area with the number of minutes left
  • changing your chat status (e.g., HipChat or Slack)

Running

On the command line:

$ pomodoro-bash

Or search for "pomodoro" in Unity/GNOME launcher.

Installation

Via PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gabrielx/pomodoro-bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pomodoro-bash

Manually

1. If running Windows, then install Cygwin. https://www.cygwin.com/
2. Clone or download this git repo. https://github.com/gabrielmdeal/pomodoro-bash/archive/master.zip
3. cd into the downloaded repo directory
4. Run ./build/bin/install $PWD Optionally pass the target directory as a second argument (e.g., ./build/bin/install $PWD /usr/local).

Installing optional features

Ubuntu

To enable pop-up notifications, install this:

• sudo apt install libnotify-bin

To enable audio notifications, install one of these:

• sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils
• sudo apt install sndfile-programs
• or mpg123 or madplay

To enable the status icon in the notification area, install this:

• https://github.com/fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor

To enable auto minimizing and activating of the pomo window (-m option), install this:

• sudo apt install xdotool wmctrl

Windows with Cygwin

To enable pop-up notifications, install one of these:

• http://vaskovsky.net/notify-send/
• http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/index.html

To enable audio notifications, install one of these:

• http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
• madplay (available from https://www.cygwin.com/)

To enable the status icon in the notification area, install this:

• I haven't figured out an easy way to support this.

To enable auto minimizing and activating of the pomo window (-m option), install this:

• https://github.com/gabrielmdeal/window-control

The command for a Start Menu shortcut:

• C:\cygwin\bin\mintty -C /usr/share/pomodoro-bash/config/pomodoro-bash.minttyrc -e /usr/bin/bash -il pomodoro-bash

MacOS

Haven't tested recently on MacOS. Audio notifications should work if afplay is installed. Pop-up notifications should work if a current version of AppleScript is installed. The status icon shouldn't work.