rcaelers/workrave
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Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.
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README.md
OriginalWorkrave 1.12
Please visit https://workrave.org for more information.
Install
Windows: download from https://workrave.org/download
Ubuntu: install with the "Ubuntu Software" application.
Ubuntu (and derivatives) Linux latest version: Add this PPA to your Software Sources
ppa:rob-caelers/workraveeither in the Ubuntu Software application, or from the terminal:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rob-caelers/workrave sudo apt-get updateArch Linux users: use
sudo pacman -S workraveto install from the community repositoryUbuntu and Debian users:
sudo apt-get install workraveFreeBSD users:
pkg install workrave
Licenses
Workrave is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. Parts of the code is licensed under different licenses. See the LICENSES for more information.
Troubleshooting
Show timers applet in Cinnamon
To make timers visible you need to explicitly add Workrave applet to a panel. In the other case only workrave icon is shown.
Technical Information
Have a look at the contrib directory to get a little insight into the different scripting possibilities!
Unix/Linux
- Workrave uses dconf to store its configuration.
dconf-editorcan be used to explore and manipulate the values - be careful! - Workrave can receive dbus signals.
Explore by having a look at the example python script or viewing in
qdbusviewer(part of theqttools5-dev-toolspackage in Ubuntu).
In both of these, workrave is found under the org.workrave key.
Changelog
Workrave keeps an overview of user-visible changes under NEWS.
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