Logging time spent in X windows
How could I log the time spent in different X windows? This could be useful for getting rid of bad habits.
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How could I log the time spent in different X windows? This could be useful for getting rid of bad habits.
xorg
asked Jan 23 at 22:03
ToothrotToothrot
833621
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How could I log the time spent in different X windows? This could be useful for getting rid of bad habits.
xorg
asked Jan 23 at 22:03
ToothrotToothrot
833621
How could I log the time spent in different X windows? This could be useful for getting rid of bad habits.
xorg
xorg
asked Jan 23 at 22:03
ToothrotToothrot
833621
asked Jan 23 at 22:03
ToothrotToothrot
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asked Jan 23 at 22:03
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xdotool might help here, assuming that can be installed and your environment supports obtaining necessary details:
% xdotool getmouselocation
x:680 y:383 screen:0 window:8388621
% xdotool getwindowpid 8388621
63392
% pstree -p 63392
-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
-+- 63392 jhqdoe xterm
-+= 63394 jhqdoe -zsh
-+= 63441 jhqdoe pstree -p 63392
--- 63442 root ps -axwwo user,pid,ppid,pgid,command
You may need xdotool getwindowfocus instead of getmouselocation should focus follows mouse not be used, but the gist of the script would be to get where the mouse is or what is in focus, try to find out what that is for what you need to log, repeat that search every N seconds (a minute?), various error handling, etc.
answered Jan 24 at 1:09
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xdotool might help here, assuming that can be installed and your environment supports obtaining necessary details:
% xdotool getmouselocation
x:680 y:383 screen:0 window:8388621
% xdotool getwindowpid 8388621
63392
% pstree -p 63392
-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
-+- 63392 jhqdoe xterm
-+= 63394 jhqdoe -zsh
-+= 63441 jhqdoe pstree -p 63392
--- 63442 root ps -axwwo user,pid,ppid,pgid,command
You may need xdotool getwindowfocus instead of getmouselocation should focus follows mouse not be used, but the gist of the script would be to get where the mouse is or what is in focus, try to find out what that is for what you need to log, repeat that search every N seconds (a minute?), various error handling, etc.
answered Jan 24 at 1:09
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xdotool might help here, assuming that can be installed and your environment supports obtaining necessary details:
% xdotool getmouselocation
x:680 y:383 screen:0 window:8388621
% xdotool getwindowpid 8388621
63392
% pstree -p 63392
-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
-+- 63392 jhqdoe xterm
-+= 63394 jhqdoe -zsh
-+= 63441 jhqdoe pstree -p 63392
--- 63442 root ps -axwwo user,pid,ppid,pgid,command
You may need xdotool getwindowfocus instead of getmouselocation should focus follows mouse not be used, but the gist of the script would be to get where the mouse is or what is in focus, try to find out what that is for what you need to log, repeat that search every N seconds (a minute?), various error handling, etc.
answered Jan 24 at 1:09
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xdotool might help here, assuming that can be installed and your environment supports obtaining necessary details:
% xdotool getmouselocation
x:680 y:383 screen:0 window:8388621
% xdotool getwindowpid 8388621
63392
% pstree -p 63392
-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
-+- 63392 jhqdoe xterm
-+= 63394 jhqdoe -zsh
-+= 63441 jhqdoe pstree -p 63392
--- 63442 root ps -axwwo user,pid,ppid,pgid,command
You may need xdotool getwindowfocus instead of getmouselocation should focus follows mouse not be used, but the gist of the script would be to get where the mouse is or what is in focus, try to find out what that is for what you need to log, repeat that search every N seconds (a minute?), various error handling, etc.
answered Jan 24 at 1:09
thrigthrig
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xdotool might help here, assuming that can be installed and your environment supports obtaining necessary details:
% xdotool getmouselocation
x:680 y:383 screen:0 window:8388621
% xdotool getwindowpid 8388621
63392
% pstree -p 63392
-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
-+- 63392 jhqdoe xterm
-+= 63394 jhqdoe -zsh
-+= 63441 jhqdoe pstree -p 63392
--- 63442 root ps -axwwo user,pid,ppid,pgid,command
You may need xdotool getwindowfocus instead of getmouselocation should focus follows mouse not be used, but the gist of the script would be to get where the mouse is or what is in focus, try to find out what that is for what you need to log, repeat that search every N seconds (a minute?), various error handling, etc.
answered Jan 24 at 1:09
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