timeboxer

#!/usr/bin/env python

import logging
import sys
import datetime, time

today_pretty = datetime.date.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d.log")
logging.basicConfig(filename="/home/username/notes/focus_logs/%s" % today_pretty,
                    format="%(asctime)s %(message)s",
                    level=logging.INFO,
                    datefmt="%H:%M:%S")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
        print "usage: focus.py <duration> \"<message>\""
    else:
            logging.info("focusing %sm %r" % (sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]))
            try:
                time.sleep(60 * int(sys.argv[1]))
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                logging.info("interrupted")
                sys.exit(0)
            try:
                while True:
                    sys.stdout.write("\a")
                    sys.stdout.flush()
                    time.sleep(0.5)
                    sys.stdout.write("\a")
                    sys.stdout.flush()
                    time.sleep(0.5)
                    sys.stdout.write("\a")
                    sys.stdout.flush()
                    time.sleep(2)
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                logging.info("finished")
                sys.exit(0)