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Hello,

I'm trying to run gtimelog on Windows 7, but no success so far. I installed PyGObject for Windows (https://sourceforge.net/projects/pygobjectwin32/files/pygi-aio-3.18.2_rev10-setup_84c21bc2679ff32e73de38cbaa6ef6d30c628ae5.exe/download) and then installed gtimelog via pip3. When I then run gtimelog in a command window, I get no output whatsoever and the command prompt just returns without any error. My Python version is 3.4.4.

Any idea on how I can further troubleshoot this?

I want gtimelog to look at home in a modern GNOME 3 desktop. This means

• header bars
• app menu
• new-style about dialog

Something like this:

Checklist:

• [x] mock up some UI in glade
• [x] implement it
• [ ] ~~perhaps pay attention to gtk_application_prefers_app_menu() and keep the old menu bar if that returns False?~~ (nah, unless somebody convinces me)
• [x] test in a non-GNOME environment
• [x] test on stable versions of several distros (Ubuntu 14.04, ~~Debian stable, Fedora something?~~) to see if I'm using any bleeding-edge APIs unnecessarily

Implementation in the experimental-ui branch (use ./mockup.py instead of ./gtimelog):

• [x] basic UI
• [x] history browsing
• [x] task entry
• [ ] ~~get rid of scrolling animations during task entry~~ (or don't, I think I can live with it)
• [x] history completion
• [x] task pane
• [x] support for remote task lists (sort of; there are rough edges and no UI)
• [x] previewing reports
• [x] sending reports via email
• [x] error handling when report sending fails
• [x] help page documenting keyboard shortcuts
• [x] preferences dialog
• [x] persistent view settings (task pane on/off at the very least) in gsettings
• [x] command-line option handling (--version)
• [x] fix warnings
• [x] add back Python 2 support
• [x] remove custom CSS loading code; I didn't end up using any custom CSS
• [ ] ~~access keys for all menus and other widgets~~ (not if I can't see them)

I'm almost done but I have one small issue: I don't manage to have the logview redraw when the tasks list changes (especially when the order changes).

i.e. I'd expect something like Alt-2 (grouped) -> Alt-0 (sort by task order) -> Ctrl-T (change the task order) to automatically change the task order in the LogView pane, but I need to press again e.g. Alt-0 to make it happen

I also still need to update the shortcuts pane, and probably documentation and test cases, but wanted a first opinion.

• Extracting ui (views and components)
• Extracting core functions
• Redesigning dependencies (especially gi) (that's why there is no separates commits although. But if something is interesting i can do separates commits later on to allow collaborative work)
• Separates tests
• python PEP review

This work is not proposed to be directly merged because it can't unless strong decision (but painfull it's been, painfull it'll be ^^ ). It's intend to discuss and to find a suitable architecture design to allow future modularity without loosing the masterword of this application : simplicity to use and maybe later on simplicity to extend. It's just my very own proposal and all reviews, critics and proposals will be much appreciated.

Cheers

NB: add libglib2.0-bin to build-deps. Also install gnome-themes-standard gnome-icon-theme-full gnome-icon-theme-symbolic if you've got an X-less Vagrant instance.

Fatal errors first:

(gtimelog:19915): Gtk-ERROR **: failed to add UI: src/gtimelog/experiment.ui: required gtk+ version 3.16, current version is 3.10
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

Fixed by editing the required version in experiment.ui.

Next:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./mockup.py", line 157, in do_command_line
    self.do_activate()
  File "./mockup.py", line 235, in do_activate
    window = Window(self)
  File "./mockup.py", line 344, in __init__
    copy_properties(main_window, self)
  File "./mockup.py", line 252, in copy_properties
    if prop.flags & GObject.ParamFlags.READWRITE != GObject.ParamFlags.READWRITE:
AttributeError: type object 'PyGObjectParamFlags' has no attribute 'READWRITE'

The docs don't say when READWRITE was introduced. There's READABLE and WRITABLE.

Next:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./mockup.py", line 157, in do_command_line
    self.do_activate()
  File "./mockup.py", line 235, in do_activate
    window = Window(self)
  File "./mockup.py", line 394, in __init__
    self.actions = self.Actions(self)
  File "./mockup.py", line 300, in __init__
    self.detail_level = Gio.PropertyAction.new("detail-level", win, "detail-level")
ValueError: Pointer arguments are restricted to integers, capsules, and None. See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683599

This might be hard to fix; I commented out all PropertyActions temporarily. Now it runs, but looks terrible (no theme? no icons? my vagrant is incomplete).

BTW in runs on Python 2, but not 3:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./mockup.py", line 157, in do_command_line
    self.do_activate()
  File "./mockup.py", line 235, in do_activate
    window = Window(self)
  File "./mockup.py", line 412, in __init__
    self.load_settings()
  File "./mockup.py", line 457, in load_settings
    self.gsettings.set_string('name', old_settings.name)
TypeError: Must be string, not bytes

and on Python 2 some UI elements are out of order -- probably because of

(gtimelog:20290): Gtk-WARNING **: /build/gtk+3.0-3sSotQ/gtk+3.0-3.10.8/./gtk/gtkcontainer.c:1166: child property `position' of container class `GtkHeaderBar' is not writable

I love the simplicity to enter things via the GUI. However, I do not mail my reports to anyone anymore. I did that for a while and it was nice and easy with gtimelog.

I am looking for a way to get the report for a week output on the CLI, without the whole mail-overhead.

Is something like this planned?

I am willing to contribute, though I have not much python experience. If this is not planned, I would be happy about some pointer where and how to start.

I've been trying to get gtimelog running on macOS (M1). After installing needed libraries via brew and using Python 3.9.4, I'm getting the following error on startup:

Unable to configure translations: no locale.bindtextdomain()
Created /Users/me/.local/share/gtimelog
Settings from /Users/me/.config/gtimelog/gtimelogrc migrated to GSettings (org.gtimelog)
[1]    52861 segmentation fault  gtimelog

I've installed these packages via brew:

pygobject3
gtk+3
py3cairo
pango
gobject-introspection
libsoup

As suggested in this issue, I've made the library path available via:

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib

Did anyone have more success?

This PR contains the manifest file required to build GTimeLog as a Flatpak.

Build

1. Make sure flatpak is installed in your system.
2. Clone the repository.
3. Run flatpak-builder --user --install gflatlog gtimelog/flatpak/org.gtimelog.GTimeLog.json.

This command will build the flatpak according to the manifest file gtimelog/flatpak/org.gtimelog.GTimeLog.json using gflatlog as the build directory. Then it will install it as the user.

(For information on alternative ways to build (e.g. to a local repo), please refer to the Flatpak documentation)

Issues

For both of these issues, someone who has Distutils experience may be helpful.

App icon does not work

I tried installing the app icon the way the desktop file is installed but I could not make Flatpak see it.

Setup file references /app directly

In setup.py, /app is referenced directly for data_files. I thought setup would install relative to the installation prefix when it is left out but I could not get Flatpak to see the desktop file with a relative path.

This issue prevents the patch from being upstreamed.

In the documentation, there's this paragraph that starts with:

There's a hidden option in gsettings for fetching the task list from an Internet URL.

Could you be more specific about how we set this up? I'm not quite familiar with gsettings.

I'm trying to run it on the latest OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and I get the following error:

  File "/tmp/gtimelog/src/gtimelog/main.py", line 1388, in set_up_completion
    self.completion_choices = Gtk.ListStore(str)
TypeError: GObject.__init__() takes exactly 0 arguments (1 given)

My package versions are as follows:

libglib-2_0-0            2.56.1-2.2
libgobject-2_0-0         2.56.1-2.2
libgtk-3-0               3.22.30-3.1
python2-cairo            1.15.1-1.2
python2-gobject          3.28.3-1.2
typelib-1_0-Gtk-3_0      3.22.30-4.1
typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4     2.62.2-2.1

I've tried both master, 0.11.1, 0.11 with the same error. (Tags 0.10.* give other errors.)

After modifying src/gtimelog/data/org.gtimelog.gschema.xml, I tripped over the error:

$ ./gtimelog 

(gtimelog:46277): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 14:37:37.363: Settings schema 'org.gtimelog' does not contain a key named 'log-order'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

I found out that calling make recreated src/gtimelog/data/gschemas.compiled which solved the issue, but I noticed that removing alltogether gschemas.compiled also solved the issue. According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56309056/is-gschemas-compiled-architecture-specific-can-i-ship-it-with-my-python-library it is only a cache file and shouldn't be shipped with the application but generated by packages on the fly.

So, should I/someone remove this file from the Git repository? And place it on the ignore list...

First question, is this still being actively developed/maintained?

First, I like the simple concept of keeping track of time, However the thing that goes against my brain is the fact that you need to enter activity after you finished. I understand the concept, but to me it would make much more sense to type the activity that you want to start and then when you are finished type done or finished.

To me the logic just flows better. :)

For example When I arrive at work or start working I would type; Arrived or Started

The timer would start

One hour later I go for breakfast so I would type; Breakfast**

The timer would stop

When finished with breakfast type; Work

The timer would start again.

and so on till the end of the day or till I finished my job, and then I would type Done/Going Home**.

The timer would stop for the day.

To make it easier yet I would make two buttons for each task "Start" and "Finished"

If I click on the Breakfast start button before I finished the the task that was running it would stop the timer for that task, then after I clicked the Breakfast Finished button, the timer would start again for the same task that was running before.

Just some thoughts on making this easier to use.

Hi, I wanted to share how I made the installation work on my mac with brew.

I installed all the depedencies, but got stuck on an error that libsoup of version 2.4 was not found. Later, I solved it using the following commands:

brew unlink libsoup
brew install libsoup@2
brew link libsoup@2   # makes this version accessible in /usr/bin or something like that for gtimelog's dependencies to find it
brew install adwaita-icon-theme  # otherwise all the button icons were missing

(It's not all of the dependencies to install, because I don't remember the commands, but that was easy. It's the most tricky part that I couldn't solve for a long time. I don't know brew that well. And I expect many mac's gtimelog users to be in a similar situation – if they've just transferred to mac from ubuntu like me.)

What I did

I am using MacOS 12.3.1 I installed the necessary dependencies using MacPorts. I am using the main branch of gtimelog.

What happened

When accessing the Keyboard Shortcuts entry in the ꠵ menu the main gtimelog window gets inactive and I cannot enter anything. Pressing esc seems to end the invisible dialog.

Preferences and "About Time Log" do not suffer from this problem.

What I did to debug the problem

I started gtimelog using --debug option. This just produced the following warning.

src/gtimelog/main.py:340: Warning: The property GtkContainer:child is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
  builder = Gtk.Builder.new_from_file(SHORTCUTS_UI_FILE)

Questions

• Is there a way to debug this kind of issues further?
• Is there anyone out there who does not have this problem?

It seems that the completion only considers records within timelog.txt. It would be nice to also add the lines from tasks.txt to the completion menu.

Version: 0.11.3