timetracker

commit 92698a9c6b98aa04191fe40c27190d961fa9673f
parent b6715dba804f523ea454f87e7f8b84a44b8f7e48
Author: tongong <tongong@gmx.net>
Date:   Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:55:19 +0200

cleanup and readme update

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README.md
 | 
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timetracker
 | 
7
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2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -35,11 +35,25 @@ make
 sudo make install
 ```
 
+
 ## usage
 ```sh
 timetracker | timetracker-save
 ```
 
 
+## configuration
+There are three things worth changing:
+
+- the `sleep ...` in `timetracker`: smaller number = higher refresh rate;
+  higher number = smaller resource consumption
+
+- the exceptions defined in `timetracker`
+
+- the `WRITE_INTERVAL` in `timetracker-save.c`: specifies how often data is
+  written to disk; higher number = higher precision tracking; smaller number =
+  less storage space used
+
+
 ## alternatives
 see <https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch#feature-comparison>
diff --git a/timetracker b/timetracker
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@
 while :
 do
     echo
-    sleep 3
+    sleep 1
 done &
 # watch for changes of active window
 xprop -spy -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
 ) |
     while read -r; do
-        # program="$(basename "$(readlink -f "/proc/$(
-        #     pstree -lpA "$(xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowpid)" | tail -n 1 |
-        #         awk -F'---' '{print $NF}' | sed -re 's/[^0-9]//g'
-        #     )/exe")")"
-
         # suppress errors when no window is focused / focused window has no pid
         program="$(pstree -lpA "$(xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowpid 2> \
             /dev/null)" 2> /dev/null \