Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: Hello Ludo,
> herd schedule timer at 07:00 -- mpg123 alarm.mp3 Sorry for hijacking the thread a little, and I haven't tried the Shepherd release candidate yet. Not that this is any of shepherd or herd's problem, but if you have included or plan to include this example in documentation, you might want to reconsider and include another simple meaningful example instead. I possibly noticed this only because I use a minimal WM: mpg123 won't start pulseaudio if pulseaudio is not already running. If there is a workaround other than starting pulseaudio prior, I don't know it. In case it doesn't ring, the evidence that herd did something at all will be buried in the logs. I actually think this is cool though, and the rest is mostly random thoughts now that I think about this problem: a herd-based minimalist alarm clock for production needs 2 features and must not include a third feature: * Repeat, but this is trivial to do with a script. * A heuristic to output sound at all costs, while trying hard to output through speakers and not headphones. This is harder, maybe not absolutely required; I suppose phones get it right but I'm not even sure. * A keystroke to stop the alarm from the X lock screen; surely the significant other will close their mind to the truth that this feature increases the attack surface and must not be included.
