Feature request: lock screen during break

[OneMoreGres]

Hi.

At first, thank you for the great program. I tried several alternatives, but this one looks optimal.

However there is one feature that i miss: when break has begun, i can't lock screen and walk away.
All i can do is to skip break and then lock screen or leave it unlocked.
None of them is really good. So is it possible to add ability to lock a screen during break (by key press, like 's' or 'p') without skipping it?

Thanks anyway

[ttygde]

How do you lock your screen? There are several solutions.

FIrst. I can add two options to config:
cmd_start - this command runs every time break starts
cmd_end - this command runs every time break ends
So you can lock your screen in cmd_start and unlock it in cmd_end.

Second, like you suggest. I can add one option to config:
cmd - this command runs every time you press a button.

[OneMoreGres]

Definitely second one. I don't always need to lock screen when break starts.
First one looks just like another (configurable) form of existing break's screen.

The main idea is to restart countdown till next break only when current one has finished, even if screen is locked.
Otherwise, there is no difference between this solution and manual skipping and locking: next break's time will shift.
Workrave has similar solution: if user unlocks screen before break's end he will see break's screen again.

[ttygde]

Currently I am too busy on other projects and don't have time for pokoy. I'll implement this feature later or you can do it yourself, it should be easy.

[OneMoreGres]

Ok

[hngt]

@OneMoreGres Are you still interested in these improvements, 5 years later, now with #16 you have this workrave like skipping of breaks. I might add cmd if you want it.

[OneMoreGres]

No, I don't need it anymore. Thanks for asking

[andreystepanov]

@OneMoreGres Are you still interested in these improvements, 5 years later, now with #16 you have this workrave like skipping of breaks. I might add cmd if you want it.

It would've been great if you can implement cmd option, so we can run arbitrary commands when break starts/ends.
In my case it would be custom sound i want to play on each event (start/end).

Preferably 2 separate commands, or maybe even 3, and the third one might be an event that break will start in 30 seconds (another option that we would like to control), for example.

@hngt what do you think?