I’m self employed. I need to record how much time I spend on whatever task for whatever client.
Sounds simple, but I’m terrible at it. I always get to the end of the day without having recorded anything and not knowing what I’ve actually done.
Basically, I’d like to create a text log of the active window title, and take a screen cap.
I’d like to do this periodically as in every 15 minutes or so.
For the text log I just haven’t been able to achieve this at all.
For the screen caps I can use flameshot to take a screenshot from the CLI, but it makes a sound and shows an animation which is sub-optimal.
Any suggestions of where to look much appreciated.
Edit: I’m not asking for a time tracking app. I want something to log the active window title and take a screen cap so I can figure out what I was doing and write it in my time tracking app.
Maybe ask chatgpt whether xdotool is compatible with wayland.
I get that you’re trying to help but, this is not the way.
i figured Id leave some searching to you, lol.
This might shock you but… I have actually spent some time looking into this.
The tools you’ve suggested aren’t compatible with Wayland. It seems that alternatives don’t really exist, or cause the problems I mentioned in my post.
Additionally, I have a few decades experience with Linux and while I’m not some amazing Linux guru I do know what a bash script is and how to “link two programs together”.
Finally, like everyone on the planet I also know what chatgpt is and might even consider using it to create a bash script if I knew what tools were compatible with Wayland.
No worries, the post made it sound like you had not tries searching. So I assumed your were a new person that had put in no effort yet. My mistake