bernhard@417: Usage
bernhard@417: =====
bernhard@417:
bernhard@417: Call ``getan`` or ``getan.py`` in a terminal to start
bernhard@417: with an empty list of tasks that you want to track time for.
bernhard@417:
bernhard@417: Use the Insert-Key to add a new task to track.
bernhard@417: (A *task* is called *project* within getan.)
bernhard@438: You will have to enter a project "key" and a project "description".
bernhard@417:
bernhard@417: Now select one of the projects with the arrow keys from your keyboard
bernhard@417: and press enter to start the clock. See ``INTRODUCTION`` for more keyboard
bernhard@417: commands.
bernhard@417:
bernhard@418: The time log entries will be saved in an sqlite database,
bernhard@418: by default getan will create ``~/.getan/time.db``.
bernhard@417: The ``scripts/`` will help to generate reports from them.
bernhard@417:
bernhard@438: Tree mode
bernhard@438: ---------
bernhard@438: Getan supports a hierarchy of projects. A top level project key
bernhard@438: has only one character, once you starting using a second character
bernhard@438: as project key, it will be the next level down in the hierarchy.
bernhard@438: Example::
bernhard@438:
bernhard@438: a Top level project
bernhard@438: aa 1st second level project
bernhard@438: ab 2nd second level project
bernhard@438: aba Third level Project
bernhard@438:
bernhard@438: Use the switch_project_order key which is ``f2`` by default
bernhard@438: to cycle to the hierarchical view.
bernhard@438:
bernhard@438:
bernhard@418: Customization
bernhard@418: -------------
bernhard@418:
bernhard@418: Use ``~/.getan/getanrc`` or the system-wide ``/etc/getanrc``
bernhard@418: to customize keys and colors. See ``getan/config.py`` for
bernhard@418: the recognized options. Example::
bernhard@418:
bernhard@418: [keybindings]
bernhard@418: # changes the insert function to be activated by the `)` key
bernhard@418: insert: )
bernhard@418:
bernhard@418: [theme]
bernhard@418: header: light green, dark green
bernhard@418: body: light green, black
bernhard@418:
bernhard@418:
bernhard@418:
bjoern@288: Installation
bjoern@288: ============
teichmann@0:
bernhard@336: Getan requires `urwid `_ in a version >= 1.0. Urwid is
bjoern@367: a console user interface library written in Python. For console output e.g.
bjoern@367: zeiterfassung.py Getan also requires `Jinja2 _`.
bjoern@261:
bjoern@288: Install urwid
bjoern@288: -------------
ingo_weinzierl@23:
bjoern@288: On Debian GNU/Linux >= Wheezy just run as root:::
bjoern@288:
thomas@507: $ apt-get install python3-urwid
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: On other systems urwid may be installed via pip or directly put into the sources
bjoern@288: of getan.
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Using pip
bjoern@288: ^^^^^^^^^
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: To install urwid via pip run as root::
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: $ pip install urwid
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Or if you prefer using a virtualenv::
bjoern@288:
bernhard@414: $ virtualenv getan-env
bjoern@288: $ source getan-env/bin/activate
bernhard@414: (getan-env)$ pip install -U pip # to get the latest pip
bjoern@288: (getan-env)$ pip install urwid
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Using urwid sources
bjoern@288: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Urwid can be put as source to the getan directory when getan is run directly
bjoern@288: from the sources. Urwid source can be downloaded from `pypi
bernhard@336: `_.
bjoern@288:
bernhard@337: For urwid 1.1.2 the direct download link from pypi is
bjoern@340: ``_
bjoern@340: (sha256sum is
bjoern@340: f56568b4f8459b3265c65d9e275ef72df6cb16ad0c291f0feb027cc911ea0f26).::
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: $ cd getan-source
bernhard@337: $ v=urwid-1.1.2
bernhard@337: $ curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/u/urwid/$v.tar.gz
bernhard@337: $ sha256sum $v.tar.gz
bernhard@337: $ tar -xzvf $v.tar.gz
bernhard@337: $ ln -s $v/urwid urwid
bjoern@288:
bjoern@367: Install Jinja2
bjoern@367: --------------
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: On Debian GNU/Linux just run as root:::
bjoern@367:
thomas@507: $ apt-get install python3-jinja2
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: On other systems jinja2 may be installed via pip or directly put into the
bjoern@367: sources of getan.
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: Using pip
bjoern@367: ^^^^^^^^^
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: To install jinja2 via pip run as root::
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: $ pip install jinja2
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: Or if you prefer using a virtualenv::
bjoern@367:
bjoern@367: $ source getan-env/bin/activate
bjoern@367: (getan-env)$ pip install jinja2
bjoern@367:
bjoern@288: Install getan
bjoern@288: -------------
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: A installation of getan is not required. It can also be run directly from the
bjoern@288: sources. To install getan system wide the following command must be run as root
bjoern@288: user::
bjoern@288:
thomas@507: $ python3 setup.py install
bjoern@288:
thomas@508: You may need to install setuptools first, on Debian GNU/Linux just run as root:::
thomas@508:
thomas@508: $ apt-get install python3-setuptools
thomas@508:
thomas@508:
bjoern@288: Starting getan
bjoern@288: ==============
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Getan can be directly run from sources or after a system wide installation from
bjoern@288: the bin dir (e.g. /usr/bin).
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Running from Sources
bjoern@288: --------------------
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: To run getan from the sources run::
teichmann@0:
ingo_weinzierl@23: $ ./getan.py
teichmann@0:
bjoern@288: or::
teichmann@0:
bjoern@288: $ ./getan.py /path/to/mytime.db
teichmann@0:
bjoern@341: to choose a different sqlite3 database then the default time.db
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: Running from installation
bjoern@288: -------------------------
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: After installing getan it can be run with::
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: $ getan
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: or::
bjoern@288:
bjoern@288: $ getan /path/to/mytime.db
bjoern@288:
bernhard@424:
bernhard@424: CREDITS
bernhard@424: =======
bernhard@439: Getan is Free Software licensed under the terms of GNU GPL v>=3.
bernhard@424: For details see LICENSE coming with the source of 'getan'.
bernhard@424:
bernhard@424:
bernhard@523: Main development
bernhard@523: ----------------
bernhard@524: 2018- Magnus Schieder
bernhard@524: 2014- Bernhard E. Reiter (current maintainer)
bernhard@523: 2011-2014 Björn Ricks
bernhard@524: 2010 Ingo Weinzierl
bernhard@523: 2009-2014 Thomas Arendsen Hein
bernhard@523: 2008-2010 Sascha L. Teichmann
bernhard@424:
bernhard@424: Contributions
bernhard@424: -------------
bernhard@439: Frank Koormann
bernhard@424: Stephan Holl
bernhard@424: Tom Gottfried
bernhard@424:
bernhard@424: Thanks
bernhard@424: ------
bernhard@424: To all users that gave feedback, especially at Intevation.
bernhard@424:
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