Option for automatically stopping an activity when keyboard and mouse are inactive for a certain amount of time

[u451f]

tags: feature-request

This was something that I liked about the hamster-applet a lot: when I would get up to make coffee, then remember that I'm hungry, cook, or whatever, the current task tracking would automatically stop after ~ 2 minutes or so. I think, but I did not check the old code, that this was done when keyboard, mouse, or screen went inactive for more than a certain amount of time.
It would be nice to have this feature back, with some sort of opt-in/opt-out.

[mwilck]

We used to have this, almost, in the form of idle detection by the screen saver, until the previous maintainer decided to remove the feature. TBH, it worked only under GNOME.

[ederag]

until the previous maintainer decided to remove the feature

Half truth.
The intent was not simple removal, but transfer elsewhere, see #493 (comment).
Why the transfer part was cancelled: #574 (comment).

[mwilck]

Fair point.

I wasn't talking about the intent, but what actually happened. Hamster v3 was released with the feature removed before a replacement was implemented.

[u451f]

We used to have this, almost, in the form of idle detection by the screen saver, until the previous maintainer decided to remove the feature. TBH, it worked only under GNOME.

Well, GNOME is Debian's main desktop, so - as far as I'm concerned - that is super cool :)

[ederag]

[...] Until the previous maintainer decided to remove the feature. [...]

that is super cool :)

Please see my comment above, and follow the links for the rationale and justification for the timeline.
And I added #493 (comment) to be more explicit.