pokoy

pokoy is lightweight daemon for X that helps prevent RSI and other computer related stress. It locks the screen and forces you to take regular breaks. Pokoy doesn't have any dependencies except xcb and consumes less than 2 MB of memory. See man page for more information.

Dependencies

Build dependencies

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install cmake extra-cmake-modules asciidoc-base libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libcxb-icccm4-dev libxcb-screensaver0-dev

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S cmake extra-cmake-modules asciidoc libxcb xcb-util-keysyms xcb-util-wm

Runtime dependencies

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install libxcb1 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-screensaver0

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S libxcb xcb-util-keysyms xcb-util-wm

Building and installation

Standard CMake procedure:

mkdir build
cmake ..
sudo make install

If you'd like to install in other than default directory, then the last step should look like sudo make DESTDIR=/some/install/base/dir install.

Examples

$ pokoy -r # run daemon
$ pokoy
29:59
04:59

$ pokoy -s # sleep / deactivate (but don't kill) daemon
$ pokoy
Daemon is sleeping.

$ pokoy -s # wake up
$ pokoy -n # start first break now
$ pokoy -k # kill daemon

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