Version: unspecified (using Devel) OS: Linux The auto track feature in KTimeTracker should be extended from tracking desktops to tracking activities. Reproducible: Always
Have that, Clock -> Track active Applications or so
KDE Activities are not the same as Active applications nor Desktops, or did I misunderstand?
ok, so what are KDE activities?
It's kind of like virtual desktops, but actually a concept which works better with KTimeTracker. More info at http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma#Activities http://hanschen.org/2009/11/17/how-do-you-use-activities/ http://hanschen.org/2011/02/04/activities-a-change-in-workflow/
Please reopen this bug (or would you prefer I create a new one?). As Jacob notes, KDE Activities have nothing to do with active applications or desktops.
I also would like to see this bug reopened; as said above, activities have nothing to do with "active applications". Since there is an option to track virtual desktops, there should be one for activites too.
I am happy to reopen this bug as long as we have a responsible person <> me. Would you volunteer? You would have as much time as you want, just some kind of a responsibility to keep after it.
I've had in mind to contribute to KDE projects for some time now, but my experience in Qt/KDE developement or C++ is near zero, and I can't guarantee anything; certainly not in the coming weeks. If you find that insufficient to open the bug, which I would totally understand, it won't keep me from trying to write a patch anyway when I find the time and motivation, someday. However, I'm just curious, would that take too much time to implement, or do you simply have no interest in adding a feature you have no use for?
> However, I'm just curious, would that take too much time to implement, or do > you simply have no interest in adding a feature you have no use for? (a) I don't have interest in this feature (b) I am searching for contributors. Programming together is fun! In September I have no work, in October I have. Let's get together and program this.
assigning bug to Clemens
The KDEPIM team is meeting in Osnabrueck this weekend. Yesterday we had a discussion about activities and I find this concept absolutely fits to ktimetracker. I just have the problem that we are bloating the UI: First we had auto-tracking by desktop, then auto-tracking by running application. Now I do not want to introduce a third option that largely overlaps with virtual desktops. Ideas?
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Another possibility would be to still track active programs, but group them according to activities...
Yes, but you have to be careful as you can run the same program in different activities. Examples: - konsole you find pretty often on several desktops/activities concurrently - I use kate -n to run several kate sessions in different activities
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Implementation of this single feature would probably make both much more essential for KDE. As a developer and freelancer I could just create diffrent activities for each of my clients and track time spent on working for them without any additional steps and still have the possibility to organize my programs into serveral virtual desktops. I believe this should not only be implemented for activities, but also tracking based on desktops could be removed from KTimeTracker.
I'd like to see this feature as well. There are modules for activities. They are logging already, when activities are started and stopped.
+1 for this feature ;-)
any news? :)
still the same status - provide a patch that works and I can push it
in other words I am not sold on writing this
(In reply to Witold Sosnowski from comment #19) > I believe this should not only be implemented for activities, but also > tracking based on desktops could be removed from KTimeTracker. I am using KTimeTracker with Unity. Please don't remove tracking based on desktops!
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I will be closing this bug.