A few feature requests for arbtt-stats

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Dienstag, den 19.01.2016, 13:20 +0100 schrieb Nikola M:
> > > I'm currently using arbtt 0.8.1-1 (Debian Jessie).
> > > I'm not sure if newer versions of arbtt-stats already have these
> > > features.
> > 
> > Likely not:
> > http://arbtt.nomeata.de/doc/users_guide/release-notes.html
> 
> I am aware of the release notes, but the following link shows the Tag
> column in arbtt-stats output left-aligned:
> https://github.com/rejuvyesh/arbtt-graph
> 
> That's what confused me.

confuses me too :-)

> > > (1)
> > > I suggest an additional row with "LastRecord - FirstRecord".
> > > 
> > > General
> > > Information
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ===================
> > >                        FirstRecord | 2015-12-31 19:24:48.432324 UTC
> > >                         LastRecord | 2016-01-16 12:23:22.325992 UTC
> > >           LastRecord - FirstRecord |                   15d16h58m34s
> > 
> > Is that very useful?
> > 
> > In a way it is already there; take the Total time recorded and divide
> > by „Fraction of total time recorded“
> 
> Well, sometimes I wonder how long I have been running arbtt-capture,
> but arbtt-stats only shows my total computer uptime (Total time
> recorded).
> 
> Since the                        FirstRecord
> &                         LastRecord values are already displayed, I
> think it makes sense to show their difference for completeness.
> I know it can be calculated from the already available values, but
> it's easier to have the program do it :)
> 
> If it's not very interesting/useful to other people, no problem.
> I can always process the output with some other script when I'm
> interested in the value.
> 
> Request NOT ADDED to bitbucket.org for now.

I’m also worried about the best wording for the row. “Total time” is
very ambiguous, but “LastRecord - FirstRecord” is also not very nice,
and quite technical (subtracting dates is a concept not easily
understood by many).

> Added to:
> https://bitbucket.org/nomeata/arbtt/issues/34/add-left-aligned-option-for-tag-column-in

Thanks


> Maybe it isn't obvious from the example I mentioned.
> Some tags can have names much longer than other tags.
> The dots that appear every N lines help readability.
> Just like the Thunar file manager alternates background colors every line in "Detailed List" mode to help readability.
> 
> _______________________________________Tag_|_________Time_|_Percentage_
> program:Thunar                             |    12h18m00s |      10.66
> program:gedit                              |    11h47m00s |      10.22
> program:Xfce4 Terminal Emulator ...........|.....7h43m00s |.......6.69
> program:Eclipse                            |     3h11m00s |       2.76
> program:Kompare                            |     2h59m00s |       2.59
> program:Evince Document Viewer ............|.......51m00s |.......0.74
> program:Mousepad                           |       46m00s |       0.66
> program:Konsole                            |       42m00s |       0.61
> program:Arora .............................|.......35m00s |.......0.51
> program:KSysGuard System Monitor           |       21m00s |       0.30
> program:gtkhash                            |       18m00s |       0.26
> program:Wicd Network Manager ..............|.......17m00s |.......0.25
> program:Synaptic Package Manager           |       14m00s |       0.20
> ...
> 
> Request NOT ADDED to bitbucket.org for now.

Background colors might be an option. Feel free to file a ticket, this
way it is not forgotten.


> Added to:
> https://bitbucket.org/nomeata/arbtt/issues/35/add-option-to-sort-by-tag-name-in-arbtt

Thanks,

Joachim

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