Stamp introduction

Register work hours in cli. Stamp in before starting the workday, tag points in time with comments and stamp out when workday is over. Hours are saved to a sqlite database and exportable to pdf. PDF is currently in Norwegian, needs to be translated.

Table of Contents

• Environment variables
• Install - (Optional) Create virtual python environment - Download the "stable" version which is currently 0.1.8
• Config
• Usage
• Development
• Contribute
  • Translations
    • (Optional) Create virtual python environment
    • Install development requirements
    • Add locale
    • Create locale
    • Translate po
• Disclaimer
• Version change summary

Environment variables

See stamp/constants.py.

Install

(Optional) Create virtual python environment

Download and install 'virtualenv' for your distribution.

mkvirtualenv 'stamp-0.1.8'
workon 'stamp-0.1.8'

Download the "stable" version which is currently 0.1.8

wget https://gitlab.com/arivarton/stamp/-/archive/0.1.8/stamp-0.1.8.tar.gz
tar -xvzf stamp-0.1.8.tar.gz
cd stamp-0.1.8
python3 setup.py install

Config

Config file location should be in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/stamp/config. If the XDG environment variable is not set then the directory is ~/.config/stamp/config.

# See available config options and their current values 
stamp config show
# See available values to edit
stamp config edit --help
# Edit values AND create config file if not present
stamp config edit --value 'my option'
# Provision a config file with current config values
stamp config provision

To set config values it's possible to use either a config file or environment variables. The config file has the highest priority.

The environment variables take the same name as in the config file but with a preceding 'STAMP_' and the rest in uppercase. For example: 'STAMP_DATABASE_PATH'.

Usage

Run stamp --help

Development

Look in stamp/main.py to get a quick overview.

When changing code for mappings, any old databases will be uncompatible with the changes. A manual fix by entering the hours again to a new database will be required.

Contribute

Translations

(Optional) Create virtual python environment

mkvirtualenv 'stamp-dev'
workon 'stamp-dev'

Install development requirements

pip install -r dev-requirements.txt

Add locale

To create a new translation add the locale name to the 'SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES' constant in stamp/constants.py.

Create locale

invoke translate

This will create a po file in the locale/ folder which has the same name as the locale specified in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.

Translate po

Now the po can be translated. The mo file will be automatically installed when running setup.py.

Disclaimer

This software is still in alpha and is therefore not recommended for daily usage as any changes of versions can make the old database unreadable.

Version change summary

• 0.1.8:
  • (995797c) Changed the way hours and wage is calculcated and displayed. Using decimals instead of the hours and minutes approach.
  • (08d16e1) Implemented the ability to change project assigned to workday.
• 0.1.7:
  • Config has been implemented.