README.md

pomodoro_curses

A simple pomodoro timer written with the Ncurses library

Dependencies

• GNU make
• libinih
• ncurses

Features

• ncurses interface
• Separate timer and status windows
  • User-friendly status messages to indicate whether working or on break
• Command-line flags to control program settings
• Configuration file to persistently store preferred settings
• Basic bell indicator of beginnings and ends of time periods
• Better sound playback to indicate the beginnings and ends of time periods
  • Sound for the start of a work session
  • Sound for the end of a work session (beginning of a break)
    • Sound for the beginning of a short break
    • Sound for the beginning of a long break
• man page documenting the program
  • Installation of man page in an appropriate location to be found by man

Installation

1. Ensure dependencies are installed.
2. make
   • This will compile the program and run all unit tests
3. make install
   • Currently only installs per user, so elevated privileges are not needed

Notes

• src/dbg.h and src/minunit.h come from Zed Shaw's Learn C The Hard Way book. As noted in the first response to this forum thread, people are freely encouraged to use this code as needed.