Super + H on Ubuntu

[TimBozeman]

Awesome app!

I installed hamster with the Ubuntu Software Center. Can I still use the command

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/ --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/usr/share/gconf/schemas/

from http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/hamster-at-your-fingertips/ ? Says no file found.

[tstriker]

last time i checked, ubuntu software center was carrying a rather obsolete version of hamster around.

download a stable release from here:
https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/releases

as for the Super+H - again, depends on the DE, i think at some point it got borked, but we got it back for the extension on gnome shell

[TimBozeman]

I got this version https://launchpad.net/~dylanmccall/+archive/hamster-time-tracker-git-stable going.

Desktop Environment? I'm using unity on 14.04 : (

[tstriker]

the shell extension is just for gnome shell and frankly is quite minimal at the moment.
unity doesn't support applets, but there is a 3rd party project "hamster indicator"
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/install-hamster-indicator-time-tracking.html

as for the super+H support, i know that in gnome in keyboard preferences you can add custom shortcuts so you could at least make it show up with super+h (but not disappear), but meh, i think it's an issue for now.
long live desktop environment fragmentation :)

[TimBozeman]

for unity under keyboard > shortcuts > custom shortcut you can add the command wmctrl -Fa 'Time Tracker' and bind it to super + h.

[TimBozeman]

or bind super + h to a bash script that will toggle between current window and hamster
https://gist.github.com/TimBozeman/a1e743837fb322d6008a

[marcbria]

Sorry to reopen but I'm trying to deal with the same issue for linux Mint 17.
I love hamster but without key binding the workflow is extremely slow.
Any suggestion about how to fix it on Mint + cinnamon?

[toupeira]

@marcbria are you using Hamster standalone, or the Cinnamon applet? If the latter, please re-submit this issue under that repository.

[marcbria]

You are right. Sorry for the annoyance.