A Simple Timer for tmux
I like to set timers for myself when I’m working, because I find it helps me keep focussed on a task. Here is my simple timer implementation.
Requirements
tmux.conf setup
In your tmux.conf, make sure you have something similar to this:
setw -g window-status-bell-attr bold
setw -g window-status-bell-fg colour255
setw -g window-status-bell-bg colour1
Timer script
Put the following timer script in your $PATH
. I call it alert.sh
:
#!/bin/bash
tmux send-keys -t "timer" 'echo "\a"' Enter
Add function to your profile
function timer()
{
at -f ~/projects/alert/alert.sh now + "$1" minute
}
Run a timer
% timer 5
job 21 at Mon Nov 7 18:37:00 2016
List outstanding timers
% atq
21 Mon Nov 7 18:37:00 2016 a service
Be alerted when the timer is up
Now you can go about your work, and when the timer is up, the tmux window will
be highlighted in the status bar.