From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9573 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1998 23:26:33 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Dec 1998 23:26:33 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA23189; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:25:50 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:25:34 -0500 (EST) To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Path: gossamer From: gossamer@tertius.net.au (Gossamer) Newsgroups: lists.projects.zsh Subject: Tracking idletimes Date: 15 Dec 1998 23:27:42 GMT Organization: Computing RJ Message-ID: Reply-To: gossamer@tertius.net.au NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-Server-Date: 15 Dec 1998 23:27:42 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.4 (UNIX) Resent-Message-ID: <"E2vsc1.0.pf5.k_kTs"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1989 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Not quite on-topic but I can't think where else to ask! I want to put together a daemon to track idletime, the sort of thing that tells you to get up and stretch every half hour of worktime. Trouble is, there's no way I can figure out to track "Last keypress in any virtual terminal" (I don't and can't use X) and finger is reporting invalid idletimes :(. If I run a shellscript that calls other programs, the idletime for that VT gets reset every time the secondary program is activated. It also seems to like to report Mutt as un-idle even when it is. Any ideas? bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Gay-Disabled-Boychick-- : gossamer@tertius.net.au http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : Linux hackers are funny people: They count the time in : patchlevels. -- Gerd Knorr