Command for skipping an upcoming break

[sojusnik]

Is your proposal related to a problem?

You can skip an upcoming break only through the popup button, that appears in the last 10 seconds of a running pomodoro, but not through a command.

gnome-pomodoro --skip jumps directly either to a break (when a pomodoro is running) or to a pomodoro (during a break).

Describe the solution you'd like

Something like gnome-pomodoro --skip-break should skip a break, like you would click on the corresponding button in the popup. This command could be bind to a keyboard shortcut, so you don't have to click on the button in the popup.

[kamilprusko]

Hi @sojusnik :)

That's true. It's not very consistent that Skipping break and the +1 minute are only in this popup. I'll take this into account when reviewing the indicator menu.

You can currently start a new Pomodoro from the indicator menu, which works pretty similar. The closest thing from a command line:

$ dbus-send --session --type=method_call --dest='org.gnome.Pomodoro' /org/gnome/Pomodoro org.gnome.Pomodoro.SetState string:"pomodoro" double:0

As to the keyboard shortcut. In future release there should be keybindings for pausing, skipping and rewinding. Skipping a break could be achieved by hitting "skip" twice, though first hit would activate screen overlay. I'm not a fan that a "skip break" shortcut would work only during pomodoro but not during break - it could be rephrased as "start a pomodoro", but then it's very similar to stopping/starting the timer.

Overall, I don't want to make it look as an default action and I would like to consider other options:

• make extending by +1 or +5 minutes easier
• extend Pomodoro to fit calendar events
• after completing 80% of a Pomodoro show up options to start a break (primary action) or to skip a break.

[kamilprusko]

Running focus-timer --start-pomodoro will start a fresh pomodoro, skipping break. Full CLI options as of now:

$ focus-timer --help-timer
Usage:
  io.github.focustimerhq.FocusTimer [OPTION…]

Timer Options:
  --start-stop               Start or Stop
  --start-pause-resume       Start, Pause or Resume
  --start-pomodoro           Start Pomodoro
  --start-break              Start break
  --start-short-break        Start short break
  --start-long-break         Start long break
  --start                    Start
  --stop                     Stop
  --pause                    Pause
  --resume                   Resume
  --skip                     Skip
  --rewind=SECONDS           Rewind
  --extend=SECONDS           Extend current pomodoro or break
  --reset                    Reset
  -s, --status               Print timer status