Description

breaknotify, inspired by Time Out and growlnotify, is a notification daemon, which reminds the user to take breaks via Growl and Notification Center also making an audible sound.

Though I have used Time Out for many years, I have found it frustrating because it locks the screen breaking my concentration forcing me to click the Postpone or Skip Break buttons to not lose my thought. Consequently, I tend to skip a lot of brakes. Not only do I become tired but also irritated.

Installation

Tap my Homebrew formulae.

 brew tap https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/homebrew-personal

Install breaknotify.
```
 brew install --HEAD breaknotify
```

Configuration

Copy the sample configuration file to ~/Library/Preferences.
Add or edit notifications.

Notifications

An infinite number of notifications are supported. Notifications run in sequence, from the first defined to the last.

<key>Notifications</key>
<array>
  <dict>
    <!-- The notification identifier, for example, Coffee Break. -->
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>Coffee Break</string>
    <!-- Whether the notification is enabled or disabled. -->
    <key>Enabled</key>
    <true/>
    <!-- Whether the notification is sticky or disappears after a few seconds. -->
    <key>Sticky</key>
    <false/>
    <!-- The interval in seconds, for example, 600.0 for 10 minutes. -->
    <key>Interval</key>
    <real>600.0</real>
    <!-- The notification title; make it short. -->
    <key>Title</key>
    <string>Hmm, Coffee!</string>
    <!-- The notification description is displayed bellow the title. -->
    <key>Description</key>
    <string>Drink the black elixir!</string>
    <!-- See /System/Library/Sounds for a list of sounds, for example, Blow. -->
    <key>Sound</key>
    <string>Blow</string>
  </dict>
</array>

Silencers

Processes may silence notifications.

There is special support for QuickTime Player, MPlayerX, VLC, and iTunes, which are enabled by default.

The aforementioned media players, except iTunes, silence notifications when any media is playing; iTunes silences notifications only when it is playing videos.

<key>Silencers</key>
<array>
  <!-- A name of a process as it appears in the running processes list. -->
  <string></string>
</array>

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Icon

The clock was taken from psdGraphics.

sorin-ionescu / breaknotify